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" News around that pretty-unpleasant Kesha vs. Dr Luke legal battle has been pretty quiet lately, so you&amp;#039;re forgiven if you&amp;#039;ve kiiiind of forgotten it was even a thing. But this week, there&amp;#039;s been an important update: Kesha has asked the court for an injunction, that would allow to record new music outside of her contract with producer Dr Luke.\u00A0 Since Kesha accused her producer Dr Luke of abuse and sexual assault, Sony has prevented her from recording any new material, citing the exclusivity clause in her current contact, that prevents her from creating music without Dr Luke or Sony&amp;#039;s sub-label, Kemosabe. Sony rejected a letter from Kesha&amp;#039;s lawyer requesting permission for Kesha to create new music without Dr Luke, and so she launched a lawsuit against Sony, for supporting the producer and putting female artists in &amp;quot;physical danger.&amp;quot; Now, Kesha&amp;#039;s sought an injunction with the court, which, if successful, will allow her to record an album without Dr Luke&amp;#039;s involvement. Her lawyer argues that remaining locked in the contract has left Kesha&amp;#039;s career at a standstill - and if she can&amp;#039;t record new music soon, her career will slowly peter out.\u00A0 Her lawyer says:\u00A0 &amp;quot;The letters in response indicated both Sony and Dr. Luke believe the exclusivity clauses remain in effect, they will not agree to refrain from enforcement, and Sony specifically will not work with Kesha unless she agrees to work with Kemosabe and Dr. Luke&amp;#039;s company, KMI. [...]\u00A0Kesha now faces an abysmal decision: work with her alleged abuser...or idly and passively wait as her career tick-tocks away. She is precluded from working in perpetuity because the term of her contract can only be satisfied if she records three more albums. Kesha needs the Court&amp;#039;s assistance.&amp;quot; (We really don&amp;#039;t think the &amp;#039;tick-tock&amp;#039; bit was an intentional Kesha pun) Meanwhile, Dr Luke&amp;#039;s camp remain adamant that the abuse never happened, and appear to believe that Kesha is making the allegations to get out of her current contract with Sony.\u00A0 The people over at Sony agree, stating that they are &amp;quot;caught in the crossfire&amp;quot; and describing the lawsuit as a &amp;quot;transparent and misguided attempt to renegotiate her contracts.&amp;quot;    "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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