Just this week, Jay-Z’s company Tidal had been hit with a lawsuit by musician John Emanuele for unpaid royalties. A representative for the company has jus addressed the allegations.
The representative states,
“Tidal is up to date on all royalties for the rights to the music stated in Yesh Music, LLC and John Emanuele’s claim and they are misinformed as to who, if anyone, owes royalty payments to them,” the representative told Fader.com. “As Yesh Music, LLC admits in their claim, Tidal has the rights to the Master Recordings through its distributor Tunecore and have paid Tunecore in full for such exploitations. Their dispute appears to be over the mechanical licenses, which we are also up to date on payments via Harry Fox Agency, our administrator of mechanical royalties.”
The company says they are unsure as to why their name was even mentioned due to the fact that they had nothing to do with it. Emanuele’s music was reportedly not even apart of Tidal.
The Tidal Representative says the musician is going after the wrong company. Tidal says that all Emanuele’s music has been removed from their online catalog and any other music that is associated with Yesh Music.
“We have now removed all music associated with Yesh Music, LLC and John Emanuele from the service,” the spokesperson continued. “This is the first we have heard of this dispute and Yesh Music, LLC should be engaging Harry Fox Agency if they believe they are owed the royalties claimed. They especially should not be naming S. Carter Enterprises, LLC, which has nothing to do with Tidal.”
Source: Contact Music
