Indie Latin Labels & Publishers Win $1.2 Million Court Judgment Over Illicit Catalog Distribution

A group of independent Latin record labels and music publishers have been awarded $1.2 million in a lawsuit over the unauthorized distribution of their catalogs.

An Aug.

16 judgment from Miami federal court, obtained by Billboard , finds musician Luigui Bleand (real name Luis Alfredo Silverio) and his companies liable for infringing 40 works owned by J&N Music Group, 829Music Mundial and Mayimba Music.

These include tracks by the Dominican artists Ramón Torres, Grupo Aguakate and El Chaval de la Bachata.

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Relying on Bleand’s claims, ADA allegedly distributed the tracks to streamers including Spotify, Amazon and YouTube.

ADA ultimately terminated Bleand’s distribution agreement upon learning he did not actually own the rights to this music.

The Warner subsidiary was initially named as a defendant in the lawsuit brought by J&N, 829Music and Mayimba, but it quickly reached a confidential settlement and exited the case.

Meanwhile, Bleand and his companies initially denied wrongdoing and hired lawyers to defend the claims.

They reached a tentative settlement with the labels and publishers in 2025, but it later fell apart.

Their attorneys then quit, and Bleand stopped responding to the litigation.

This led Judge Darrin P.

Gayles to issue the Aug.

16 judgment finding Bleand and his companies liable for copyright infringement.