Universal Music Group has taken action against Drake by requesting that the lawsuit he filed be dismissed based on protected ...

“The Recording is defamatory because its lyrics ... legal process to silence an artist’s creative expression and to seek damages from UMG for distributing that artist’s music.” “We have not and do not ...

Universal Music Group and Spotify have unveiled new multi-year agreements for recorded music and music publishing. According ...

Why would UMG pit two of its own artists against each other ... streams on Spotify in the initial days following the Recording’s release.” “The online response was similarly violent and ...

A new multi-year deal between Spotify and UMG that includes recorded music and music publishing appears to establish a new ...

"It was just three days after UMG originally published the Recording and Image that Drake ... that we would seek to harm the reputation of any artist — let alone Drake — is illogical.

“The Recording is defamatory because its ... an artist’s creative expression and to seek damages from UMG for distributing that artist’s music.” “We have not and do not engage in ...