Federal Judge Tosses Singer’s ‘Shotgun’ Copyright Suit Targeting Music Companies

(August 6, 2024, 10:51 AM EDT) -- MIAMI — A federal judge in Florida dismissed a copyright claim brought by a Venezuelan musician claiming that several music companies illegally uploaded his music to online music streaming platforms, adopting a federal magistrate judge’s report wherein the magistrate judge found that the musician’s complaint is an impermissible shotgun pleading and that the musician failed to substantiate some of his claims....