The Legal Beat: Rick Astley Sues Over Soundalike Singer – Plus Miley Cyrus, UMG Class Action & More

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The Legal Beat: Rick Astley Sues Over Soundalike Singer – Plus Miley Cyrus, UMG Class Action & More
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Also this week: Marilyn Manson faces a new abuse case, T.I.’s toy battle ends in a bizarre mistrial, Bad Bunny reaches a copyright settlement and much more.

This is The Legal Beat, a weekly newsletter about music law from Billboard Pro, offering you a one-stop cheat sheet of big new cases, important rulings, and all the fun stuff in between.

This week: Rick Astley makes waves by suing an artist who impersonated his voice; an explanation of why Miley Cyrus doesn’t owe Bruno Mars a writing credit on her super-smash “Flowers”; UMG wins a big ruling in a proposed class action over termination rights; and much more.Popular culture is always cyclical, but we’re living though a particularly nostalgic age of pop music.

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