Ms Phan has been accused of nearly 50 infringements and faces a bill of £88,000 for each
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Ultra Records, which has musicians Kaskade, deadmau5 and Calvin Harris on its books, is suing Michelle Phan.
The label and its publishing arm claim she has used about 50 of their songs without permission in her YouTube videos and on her own website.
According to court documents filed in California, the label and its associated publisher, Ultra International Music Publishing LLC, claim Ms Phan makes money from advertising attached to her YouTube channel and website.
The label also said she "has been featured in a high-profile and multi-platform advertising campaign for YouTube, which features some of YouTube's most popular personalities".
"[Ms] Phan has also been featured in national advertising for Dr Pepper," it said.
The label said that, while its complaint "includes nearly 50 examples of blatant copyright infringement, plaintiffs' analysis is still preliminary, and the full extent of [Ms] Phan's infringement has not yet been determined".'
The parties have asked for $150,000 (£88,000) for each proven copyright infringement.
So they are suing her because she is playing their music in her videos while she is giving makeup tips? Copyright infringement laws need to be reworked. If the girl is just playing songs and not trying to resell it, she should be fine. She is not attempting to make money off the songs themselves or claiming them as hers.
Plenty of TV shows have actually sold Boxsets featuring the actual music, and have passed.
Basically, unless she is reselling the song, the courts don't really care.
I hate copyrights so much sometimes, they act like she's redistributing their full songs through her own music store or something. 
