Royalties

Dr. Dre sues Death Row Records

Dr. Dre was one of the people most responsible for launching the famed Death Row Records in the early 1990s, and he was also a major factor in the label’s chart-topping success throughout the decade. But now, the superproducer is suing his former label for more than $3 million in unpaid royalties.

Quincy Jones files lawsuit against Michael Jackson’s estate

The producer claims that Jackson’s estate and Sony re-edited songs improperly with the intention of depriving Jones of production fees and royalties. Jones says that the re-edits constitute a violation of an agreement that gave him the right to remix master recordings for albums released following Michael Jackson’s 2009 death.