Diddy Prison Sentence, AI Music Lawsuits, Lil Durk Murder Case & More Top Music Law News

THE BIG STORY: “This was subjugation.” That’s what Judge Arun Subramanian said to Sean “Diddy” Combs past week arsenic helium sentenced him to implicit 4 years successful situation for violating national prostitution laws, capping disconnected a whirlwind 2 years of accusations, investigations, civilian lawsuits and a blockbuster transgression proceedings for the rap mogul.

That condemnation tin beryllium seen arsenic some a triumph and a nonaccomplishment for Diddy. It was surely acold little than the beingness condemnation helium could person gotten erstwhile helium was charged past twelvemonth with racketeering (RICO) and enactment trafficking, accused of fundamentally moving an organized transgression syndicate aimed astatine intersexual abuse.

Though the assemblage cleared Diddy connected those charges, adjacent his lesser prostitution convictions carried a 20 twelvemonth maximum, with prosecutors demanding 11 years and probation officers suggesting that 7 would beryllium fair. In that light, 4 years looks a batch amended — and he’ll beryllium retired successful 3 connected clip served.

But aft a verdict that was mostly seen arsenic a triumph for Diddy and a repudiation of the lawsuit prosecutors brought against him, the condemnation was inactive a jarring world cheque – that helium was inactive convicted of capital-F felonies, and that a antheral who was erstwhile 1 of America’s taste icons is headed to national situation for an extended stay.

After the hearing, Combs’ lawyers vowed to entreaty some his convictions and his sentence. “The justice acted arsenic a 13th juror, 1 we did not choose,” said Diddy’s pb lawyer Marc Agnifilo successful a crisp departure from his erstwhile praise for Subramanian. And they telegraphed that portion of their appellate onslaught could beryllium centered connected the instrumentality contented of “acquitted conduct” – that the justice wrongly sentenced Combs based connected disfigured accusations that the assemblage had yet rejected.

“People get — God forbid — falsely accused of a crime, they spell to trial, they person each the witnesses testify, credibility is determined, the assemblage reaches a verdict, and finds successful their favour — and past they get sentenced for the aforesaid nonstop behaviour that the assemblage recovered that they did not commit,” said Brian Steel, 1 of Diddy’s attorneys. “It seems un-American.”

Read our full recap of the sentencing here, arsenic good arsenic our deep-dive into the contented of acquitted conduct. And enactment with Billboard – we’ll support you posted arsenic Diddy’s entreaty makes its mode done the courts.

Other apical stories this week…

AI MUSIC LAWSUIT – Suno hit backmost astatine caller claims from the labels that the AI euphony steadfast violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act by “stream-ripping” songs from YouTube, a caller battleground successful the ongoing ineligible warfare implicit AI. In the response, Suno says it did nary specified happening – and that the labels cognize it, due to the fact that they were heavy progressive successful creating the DMCA successful the 1990s: “They are seeking to repudiate a legislative compromise that they themselves embraced to get the DMCA passed.”

ROD WAVE SUED – Grizzly Touring, the promoter of Rod Wave’s Last Lap arena tour, filed a lawsuit against the R&B vocalist and rapper, claiming helium held onto $27 cardinal worthy of advances contempt refusing to decorativeness the 35-date North American tour. The institution says helium completed 26 dates — earning lone $30 cardinal of his $57 cardinal touring advance: “Artist refuses to wage Grizzly a azygous penny of the much than $27 cardinal helium owes.”

SCOTUS SAY NO – The U.S. Supreme Court said it had denied Live Nation’s petition to perceive an antitrust people enactment against the performance giant, leaving successful spot a scathing ruling past twelvemonth that called the company’s arbitration agreements with summons buyers “opaque and unfair.” Live Nation had warned the justices that the ruling “creates monolithic uncertainty” for the galore companies that person agelong required consumers to motion specified clauses.

‘IMPERMISSIBLY VAGUE’ – Attorneys for Lil Durk asked a national judge to disregard his murder-for-hire charges implicit allegation...