Record label Sony Music Entertainment (SME) is taking USC to court for using unlicensed musical tracks in promotional videos on social media accounts linked to the university, including USC Athletics.

The lawsuit alleged, despite repeated warnings starting in 2021, the university allowed 170 unlicensed recordings in 283 social media videos on 30 different USC-affiliated social media accounts.

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SME alongside subsidiary labels Alamo Records, Arista Music, Arista Records, LaFace Records, Records Label, Ultra Records and Zomba Recordings allege the university “chose to flaunt copyright law” and use the music “knowingly and willfully and without permission."

“USC’s conduct has caused and continues to cause irreparable an

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