Universal Music, (UMG) the largest major label group has joined forces with ABKCO Music & Records and Concord Music Group to file a huge copyright-infringement lawsuit against Believe SAS, the digital music company formerly known as Believe Music, and its subsidiary TuneCore. Together they’re seeking an eye-watering $500 million in damages.
UMG and co allege that Believe has achieved significant growth by acting as a hub for distributing unauthorized copies of copyrighted recordings to the major platforms, and they’ve managed to evade detection on slightly altering or speeding up the original tracks.
