Category: LyricFind News
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Complete Music Update: LyricFind accuses Musixmatch of using Warner Chappell exclusivity deal to freeze competitors out of the lyrics licensing business
Complete Music Update has put together an in-depth breakdown of the lawsuit from LyricFind alleging it created an exclusive deal with Warner Chappell specifically to block LyricFind’s potential partnership with Spotify and monopolise the lyrics licensing market. Lyric aggregator LyricFind has filed an explosive antitrust lawsuit against its main competitor…
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Music Ally: LyricFind sues Musixmatch and TPG Growth over Warner-Chappell deal
Music Ally has covered the LyricFind lawsuit against competitor Musicxmatch at TPG growth over their ati-copmetitive deal with Warner-Chappell. Why? It all relates to a deal signed in March 2024 between Musixmatch and publisher Warner Chappell Music.In a blog post, LyricFind CEO Darryl Ballantyne claimed that the deal have Musixmatch…
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Music Business Worldwide: LyricFind sues Musixmatch over alleged antitrust violations
Music Business Worldwide covered Lyricfind’s lawsuit against Musicxmatch and TPG over alleged antitrust violations LyricFind has lodged an antitrust lawsuit against lyrics provider Musixmatch and its private equity owner TPG Growth.The lawsuit was filed in the US District Court for the Northern District of California on Wednesday (March 5), alleging…
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Digital Music News: LyricFind Sues Musixmatch for $1 Billion+ Over Alleged Anticompetitive Scheme — Musixmatch Fires Back Against the ‘Meritless Accusations’
Digital Music News covered LyricFind’s lawsuit against Musicxmatch and TPG for anti-competitive behavior in the lyrics licensing space. Another ugly dispute is unfolding in the lyrics-provider world, where LyricFind is suing Musixmatch for allegedly masterminding an anticompetitive scheme – boxing it out from Spotify in the process.Canada’s LyricFind submitted the…
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Mundo da Música: LyricFind sues Musixmatch over alleged anti-competitive practices
Brazilian Music outlet, Mundo da Música covered LyricFind’s announcement of their lawsuit against Musicxmatch and TPG. The music lyrics market has been thrown into legal dispute after LyricFind filed a lawsuit against Musixmatch in federal court in California.The lawsuit accuses the Italian company and its parent company, TPG , of…
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Rockol Music Biz: LyricFind, a lawsuit against Musixmatch
Italian music outlet, Rockol Music Biz covered the LyricFind Lawsuit against Musicxmatch and its shareholder TPG Growth. Canadian lyrics platform LyricFind has filed a lawsuit in the District Court of California against Musixmatch, an Italian company that offers the same service, and its shareholder TPG Growth. The subject of the…
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Music X: ? Fragmentation and Nostalgia – the power of video
In the March 6 edition of the Music X blog, they included the news from LyricFind and their CEO Darryl Ballantyne on why they’ve sued Musicxmatch and their private equity owner, TPG. As consumers we’ve gotten very used to the availability of lyrics. We search for them, we see them…
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Unlimited Supply: Mr. Offset goes to Moscow, TSA is a bouncer now, and more warm buttered noodles.
Lars Murray, host of the daily podcast Unlimited Supply, discussed LyricFind’s legal filing and Darryl’s open letter announcing their suing of Musicxmatch. The LyricFind segment starts at the 1:25 mark.
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Law360 / Law360 UK: Music Streaming Lyrics Co. Hits Rival With $1B Antitrust Suit
Law360 and their UK arm Law360 UK covered LyricFind’s lawsuit against Musicxmatch for alleged anti-competitive behavior. LyricFind Inc. slapped Musixmatch SpA with a $1 billion antitrust lawsuit in California federal court, calling the rival a monopolist in the market for providing lyrics to digital services companies like Spotify and saying…
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RAIN News: LyricFind sues Musixmatch for anticompetitive behavior
RAIN News covered the LyricFind lawsuit filing and letter from Darryl, suing Musixmatch over tactics they believe are destroying the market for their own financial gain. LyricFind’s complaint hinges on MusicMatch’s aggressive licensing of rights to control song lyrics owned by Warner Chappell. Locking up exclusive licensing of those lyrics…