Sony Music Loses Bid for Secrecy in Dr. Luke-Kesha Libel Trial

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Records from the 7-year-old legal battle between Dr. Luke and Kesha will be publicly disclosed soon.

rejected Sony Music's concerns and ordered that various contracts, business plans and other financial records be unsealed within days.

To prevail at trial, Dr. Luke will not only have to convince a jury that he didn't drug and rape the budding pop star 15 years ago in a hotel, he'll also attempt to show damage from her accusations. Kesha is now making a bid to preclude testimony on lost business opportunities.

"That is a stunning admission of the unreasonableness of Sony's deal terms for Kesha's albums," responded Kesha's attorneys at O'Melveny in slamming the secrecy demand."Sony, at bottom, may be embarrassed about the terms of the deal under which it is requiring Kesha — a Grammy-nominated artist who has generated enormous amounts of money for the label — to continue to work, but that is not a valid basis on which to keep the information confidential.

In her latest order, Justice Schecter is allowing Sony to redact personal identifying information and contact information of its employees upon the music giant's discussion of a public backlash to this case. But otherwise, she sees no good reason to keep the info under wraps.

 

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great news. Sony and other big music industry companies maybe will start to feel fear as they should, in case they mistreat their sing-up artists. Remember George Michael vs Sony thing?

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