June 09, 2016
Sony Corp. won $400,000 in legal fees Thursday after beating a copyright lawsuit over a hit Shakira song that was later revealed to be based on fabricated evidence, far less than the nearly $750,000 the company wanted.
April 25, 2016
Sony Corp. is asking for nearly $750,000 in legal fees after beating a copyright infringement lawsuit over the Shakira hit "Loca" — a case that was tossed after the revelation that key evidence had been fabricated.
December 02, 2015
Sony struck back at a small record label's attempt to revive its copyright suit over a hit Shakira song, telling a New York judge the label's bid for a new trial — which contended in part its attorney was plagued by an unspecified malady that sabotaged his work — was misleading.
November 05, 2015
After a recent loss in its copyright battle with Sony over rights to one of Shakira's hit songs, a small record label hit back, arguing the ruling against it was based on fabricated evidence.
September 23, 2015
Sony Corp. filed a motion Tuesday seeking a "substantial sanction" against a record label and its attorneys who brought a copyright lawsuit over Shakira's hit song "Loca," telling a New York federal judge the company knew all along its case hinged on fabricated evidence.
August 10, 2015
A New York federal judge on Monday threw out Mayimba Music Inc.'s copyright infringement case against Sony Corp. over Shakira's hit song "Loca," negating an earlier finding of liability against the music giant and citing "a basic issue of fraud in the trial."
August 06, 2015
A Grammy-nominated sound engineer testified Thursday that recordings on a cassette from which Sony Corp. allegedly ripped off Shakira's hit song "Loca" likely came from elsewhere in a copyright infringement evidence fraud trial that saw U.S. District Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein continuously lambaste counsel for plaintiff Mayimba Music Inc.
May 26, 2015
A New York federal judge set an August hearing into whether fake evidence won a copyright judgment for the Dominican songwriter who said Shakira's song "Loca" ripped him off, at a conference Tuesday where mistrust between the sides was so stark they couldn't agree on whether a copy of a witness's identification card was real.
April 30, 2015
A New York federal judge on Thursday suspended a previous judgment in favor of a Dominican songwriter who accused two Sony Corp. units of copyright infringement for Shakira's song "Loca" after new evidence revealed the plaintiff may have fabricated evidence and lied under oath, according to court documents.
August 19, 2014
A New York federal judge on Tuesday ruled that the Spanish version of Shakira's "Loca" was stolen from a Dominican singer, finding two Sony Corp. units liable for the infringement, but dismissed claims over the English version of the pop song.