Universal Music Ducks Limp Bizkit Copyright Claims, for Now (1)

Universal Music Group Inc. convinced a federal judge to toss copyright claims from a lawsuit accusing it of cheating Fred Durst, the frontman of the group Limp Bizkit, out of roughly $1 million in royalty payments.

Durst’s copyright infringement claims depend on his rescission claims, which Judge Percy Anderson said failed because the artist hadn’t alleged “the type of ‘substantial’ or ‘total failure’ in the performance of the contracts that could support rescission of the parties’ agreements,” according to a court order docketed Tuesday in the US District Court for the Central District of California.

Durst sued UMG in October ...