Grammy-nominated songwriter Jon Hume files lawsuit against Universal Music Group and Universal Music Group Australia over disputed audio stems used in Dean Lewis hits All is well.
The lawsuit was filed in a Tennessee court on Wednesday (June 19) by the Australian-born Hume, who now lives in Nashville.
Hume has collaborated with artists such as Dean Lewis (all is well, half a man and how do i say goodbye), as well as Sofi Tukker, Bebe Rexha, JP Cooper, NEEDTOBREATHE and Calum Scott.
Released in 2018, everything is fine has flowed 1.7 billion Time on Spotify only.
Hume said in the lawsuit that he and UMG/UMG Australian artist Lewis created the Everything is fine”Around September 2015.”
He added that when they were writing and recording the demo for the song, Hume created various tracks, the “backbone” on which he played each instrument used in the demo.
Hume claims he “also acted as a producer and created the original recordings using his music” Everything is fine.”
The lawsuit further claims: “Hulme alone made the original recording and played and recorded all instruments contained therein, excluding Dean Lewis’s voice.
“Each of these instruments was recorded on a separate stem, and when combined together, they make up the entire sound embodied in the original recording, with the exception of Dean Lewis’ vocal track.”
Hume claims in his lawsuit, which you can read in full here, that later in 2016, then-UMG Australia managing director Michael Taylor requested via email in July 2016 that “Hume would Stems sent to another producer”.
In the same email to Hume and his wife and manager, Karen Hume, Taylor told the Humes that “to save time and money,” Stems was writing everything is fine “For ‘reference’ only and’ do not use the Stems in the demo [a reference to the Original Recording] Will enter the Master.
Hume claimed that Michael Taylor sent him an email the next month asking if UMG could “primarily” use the original Stems, and that the email “ended with a ‘smiley’ symbol.”
According to the lawsuit, UMG Australia and Hume then discussed giving Hume producer credit everything is fine Due to the intended use of audio stems. On Spotify, he is currently credited as the track’s songwriter.
But Hume said in the complaint that on May 1, 2018, former UMG Australia managing director Michael Taylor “purposefully made recommendations to Humes” on behalf of the company, and UMG Australia ultimately did not use any of the information in the writing process. Stems, after all, had Dean Lewis involved in the final master recording.
The lawsuit then claims that in December 2023, Dean Lewis provided Jon Hume with “the entire stem set containing the released masters.” [of Be Alright] As a reference for another song where Dean Lewis was seeking the services of Jon Hume”.
He claims that when he received the stems, he “discovered that contrary to UMG’s representations, more than fifty percent (50%) of the stems present in the original recordings were also present in the released master tapes.”
“Contrary to UMG’s claims, more than fifty percent (50%) of the STEMS embodied in the original recordings are also represented in the released master tapes.”
Lawsuit filed by Jon Hume
Hume is suing UMG and UMG Australia for copyright infringement, alleging they “misappropriated the sounds embodied on Stems and that they “concealed and misrepresented [Hume] They didn’t use the stems”.
Hume’s complaint also alleges that Universal Music Group “has claimed and registered copyright in the recordings of the released masters, which include [Hume’s] It sounds” and “Defendant directly infringed Plaintiff’s Stems copyright.”
He seeks “statutory damages, compensatory damages, reasonable attorneys’ fees and related costs.” [UMG] direct infringement.”
He also seeks “an accounting of all ‘profits’ as defined in 17 U.S.C. § 504, attributable to the infringements received by UMG.”
In addition, Hume also requested that “as an alternative to his copyright infringement claim” he wanted the court to issue “a statement” stating that “he is a joint author of the published master and a qualified copyright claimant.”
He claimed that there was a “substantial dispute” between him and the defendant “as to whether [Hume] Whether you are the author of the “released master” recording. The lawsuit continues: “The court’s declaration will put an end to the dispute between plaintiff and defendant.”
Hume’s lawsuit also claims that he is “entitled to an accounting of any and all profits derived directly or indirectly from Defendants’ exploitation of the released masters and to payment of Plaintiff’s share of such profits”.
The complaint continues: “Defendants are obligated to account for profits derived, derived or generated from the use of Released Masters, including, but not limited to, under licenses, sublicenses, leases and/or release master orders formally or informally issued by Defendants. transfer of rights.
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