One topic, which was hardly mentioned a year ago, came up repeatedly: the rise of generative artificial intelligence, a technology that can create new content by drawing from existing data.
We also asked attorneys what is the most pressing concern facing the music business in 2023. For this year’s Top Music Lawyers report, Billboard asked them not only about their clients and achievements but also about the balance of power in our industry and how it might further shift to those who truly drive its success - artists and songwriters. But they also take time to reflect on the broader state of the music business.
Billboard Women in Music 2023 List RevealedĪttorneys on this list took part in battles involving the originality of the lyrics to Taylor Swift’s “Shake It Off,” in a case that was settled in December without a final ruling Ed Sheeran singing in a London courtroom to successfully prove he didn’t steal “Shape of You” from an earlier song Dua Lipa facing not one but two copyright suits over her smash hit “Levitating,” the top Billboard Hot 100 song of 2021 Young Thug and Gunna’s indictment in a gang-related case that cited rap lyrics to back state charges and Cardi B taking the stand to convince a jury to dismiss claims, including privacy violation, from a California man whose back tattoo was Photoshopped onto the cover of her 2016 mixtape, Gangsta Bitch Music, Vol. 1.Ĭatalog sales continued to grow both more popular and richer, as 2023’s top attorneys advised on the transfer of publishing or recording rights from creators such as Justin Bieber, Brad Paisley, Sonny Rollins and the estates of Juice WRLD, Leonard Cohen and McKinley “Muddy Waters” Morganfield, to name a few.Ĭlearly, attorneys stay busy.
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