Former Ramone sues over song downloads
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Hey, ho, let's go ... to court. A drummer who spent four years in one of the greatest punk bands of all time, The Ramones, filed a federal lawsuit Friday claiming he is owed nearly $1 million in royalties on songs sold over the Internet.
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NEW YORK (Hollywood Reporter, ESQ.) - A rock archive Web site is fighting back against a copyright lawsuit brought by some of music's most notable classic rock acts, dragging two major record labels into the battle.
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Rock group Van Halen are suing a US baseball team over claims they reneged on a concert deal.
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Veteran daredevil Evel Knievel is suing rap star Kanye West for trademark infringement over a music video that depicts the recording artist as "Evel Kanyevel" trying to jump a canyon on a rocket vehicle.
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Motley Crue guitarist Mick Mars is sued by his ex-girlfriend who claims he broke a promise to support her.
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Lawyers for the civil rights activist are pressing a lawsuit over the title of an OutKast song that bears her name.
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LOS ANGELES -- The music industry is continuing its campaign against people who illegally download music through file-sharing sites.
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Johnny Ramone, guitarist and co-founder of the seminal punk band "The Ramones," has died. He was 55.
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The widow of the Grateful Dead guitarist Jerry Garcia is suing to gain access to unpublished tapes of her late husband's musical performances.
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Motley Crue is suing one of its managers for more than $20 million, claiming he pushed drummer Tommy Lee into doing two disastrous reality shows that took him away from the band and forced the cancellation of dozens of concerts.
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The lumbering dinosaurs of the music biz just can't stop suing.
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Late punk guitarist Johnny Ramone is being immortalized with a bronze statue at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Ramone, co-founder and guitarist of The Ramones, was 55 when he died of prostate cancer on Sept. 15, 2004, at his Los Angeles home.
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Several US rock stars go to court to stop a website selling their recordings, posters and other memorabilia.
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A lawsuit filed in California by an obscure 70s pop band alleges singer-songwriter Avril Lavigne stole one of their songs and reworked it into her bestselling single Girlfriend.
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The widow of Sammy Davis Jr. is suing two former business partners over the rights to the Rat Pack entertainer's life story and management of his legacy.
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The US recording industry is taking legal action against 750 computer users believed to be distributing music illegally over the internet.
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The lead singer of U.S. rhythm and blues band The Gap Band sued EMI Music Inc. and Heineken Inc. on Friday for using a song he recorded with rapper Snoop Dogg in a commercial without his permission.