{"id":15644,"date":"2026-08-07T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/sony-music-and-universal-music-group-file-lawsuit-against-musi-app\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T00:00:00","slug":"sony-music-and-universal-music-group-file-lawsuit-against-musi-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/sony-music-and-universal-music-group-file-lawsuit-against-musi-app\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Music and Universal Music Group File Lawsuit Against Musi App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Sony Music Group<\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.universalmusic.com\">Universal Music Group<\/a><\/strong> have filed a lawsuit in Canada against the developers of <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/interspacemusic.com\/blog\/sony-and-universal-launch-legal-action-against-streaming-app-musi-in-canada\/\">Musi<\/a><\/strong>, a streaming app that sources music from <strong>YouTube<\/strong> without authorization. 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