he estate of late funk singer Rick James is suing a music publishing company it claims collected money from licensing his songs without permission.
The lawsuit, filed March 15 in Superior Court, seeks unspecified damages. It accuses California-based Brooklyn Music Publishing Group Inc. of collecting money from European music publishers and making new foreign deals without authority.
Music publishing rights are the rights to use a song composition for various reasons, such as using the tune in commercials, but they do not include rights to the actual recordings, which are typically held by record companies, said Larry Iser, the attorney who filed the lawsuit.
The company also has withheld key licensing information for songs and even some master recordings, the lawsuit contends.
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