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Court Dismisses Musi’s Apple Lawsuit, Sanctions Law Firm for “Baseless” Claims
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Musi’s Apple Lawsuit Crumbles — and Its Lawyers Get Slapped with Sanctions
Remember Musi? The once-popular music streaming app that vanished from the App Store in September 2024 amid fierce pressure from major music industry players? Yeah, it tried to sue Apple to get back in — and lost hard.
Musi claimed Apple acted in bad faith, colluding with Sony, IFPI, and YouTube to remove the app without proper review. But U.S. District Judge Eumi K. Lee shut that down, ruling the Apple Developer Agreement gives Apple absolute discretion to remove apps — “with or without cause.” No implied covenant of good faith could save Musi here.
Even after two months of discovery and access to over 3,000 documents? Still no dice.
But the real zinger came in sanctions: The court fined Musi’s law firm, Winston & Strawn, after the appmaker falsely claimed Apple had admitted to using fake evidence — an “admission” that didn’t exist anywhere in the record. As the judge dryly noted:
> “Claiming that Apple admitted to knowingly relying on false evidence conveys damning proof… but it did not.”
And if that weren’t enough, Apple had previously accused Musi of faking a Universal Music Group email to get reinstated — using a non-UMG email address and even submitting fake copyright claims against another app.
Musi can appeal, but for now? The song is over — and the App Store stays closed. 🎵🚫