Also this week: TikTok signs a licensing deal with Rotana Music Group, WMG partners with digital fashion retailer DRESSX and more.
The case is the latest legal scuffle for the TikTok-like social media service, which is also embroiled in a similar fight with Sony.
Following Sony's lawsuit, one label source says "millions" in unpaid royalties are the issue. Triller denies this, saying the app is "reassessing" label deals.
A litigious music licensing company says that CNN's international outlets committed "massive willful copyright infringement."
The latest lawsuit claims Ye tried and failed to clear a sample from iconic Boogie Down Productions – and then released the song anyway.