Award includes more than $667,000 in interest and costs
Triller Group Inc., the parent company of the Triller platform, has been ordered to pay Merlin more than USD $3.2 million in a default judgment stemming from a dispute over unpaid music licensing fees.
Merlin sued Triller in March 2025, alleging the platform had breached a 2020 licensing agreement.
According to the complaint, Triller agreed to a “most favored nation” clause entitling Merlin to the difference if Triller later paid higher licensing fees to another music company.
Merlin claimed to have discovered through a separate 2022 lawsuit that Triller had given another record company, believed to be Sony Music Entertainment, more favorable rates.
A July 9 judgment entered by Judge Jeannette A. Vargas of the US District Court for the Southern District of New York awarded Merlin $2,550,000 in damages, following an earlier order granting its motion for default.
The judgment also awarded Merlin $667,636.36 in pre-judgment interest and $717.05 in costs, plus post-judgment interest.
US District Court for the Southern District of New York
