Prince estate locks horns with Tidal over streaming rights to the star's music

A court battle over the streaming rights to Prince's back catalogue has been triggered, after the late singer's estate and Jay Z's Tidal service filed competing claims in the US.
Prince's estate claims that Tidal is streaming more than a dozen of the star's albums without permission.
It is suing for damages, and demanding that unlicensed material be taken down.
In its own petition, Tidal claims it has licences, "both oral and written", for a wide range of material.
Prince pulled most of his back catalogue from streaming sites like Spotify, Google Play and Apple Music in July 2015.... read more