Busch and his clients have sued the likes of Universal Music Group, Sony Music Entertainment, Warner Music Group, Sony/ATV, BMG, and Kobalt, as well as dozens of individual artists and writers. And right now he’s knee-deep in two more controversial cases: one repping three producers against a Travis Scott Number One single, and another pitting punk band Yellowcard against the deceased rapper Juice WRLD.in Busch’s cases, as Dallas-born writer and producer Steven Solomon will tell you.
Busch is refreshingly self-aware of this dual legacy; he jovially brings up something a former songwriter client would always say to him: “It’s funny that these songwriters are criticizing me — if it was their work, they’d be the first one suing.”had it not been for a chance cab journey in New York 20 years ago.
Busch’s prominence in the music industry reached new heights in 2007 when he sued Universal Music Group on behalf of Eminem’s producers, FBT Productions. In a truly landmark case, Busch and his team argued that FBT were due a 50% slice of net receipts from iTunes sales, rather than the 12% to 20% royalty artists were accustomed to receiving. His key argument: as opposed to a “sale.
Since 2015, when he won the “Blurred Lines” case, Busch has tended aim his crosshairs at individual superstars. In 2016, Busch represented two songwriters, Martin Harrington and Thomas Leonard, who claimed Ed Sheeran’s “Photograph” lifted from their own tune, “Amazing,” recorded by British X Factor winner Matt Cardle.
Maybe just write original music and you won’t have to deal with this shit 🤷🏻♂️
Richard 2pac stole the flow for Changes from my 2017 song 'McDonald's is closed' can you throw me something pro bono?
The most hated music tout court.
'Meet yet another asshole' I'm good, thanks
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