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In what’s an early frontrunner for the silliest lawsuit of 2023, music giant BMG has sued a toymaker alleging that a parody song based on the Black Eyed Peas’ “My Humps” — titled “My Poops,” and used in the marketing for a line of slime-shitting unicorns — infringes on the …

Bertelsmann-owned label and publisher BMG and investment firm KKR announced a partnership on Wednesday to fund acquisitions of major recorded music and publishing catalogs, establishing yet another player in the gold rush for music’s biggest song collections. BMG and KKR aren’t buying a stake in one another — and how …