Erica Campbell’s Label Settles Royalty Lawsuit Against SRG Just 15 Days After Filing
My Block Records, Erica Campbell’s record label, has settled its royalty lawsuit against former distributor SRG/ILS Group. The label voluntarily dismissed the case in New York federal court on October 2, 2026—just 15 days after filing it.
The dispute concerned alleged royalty non-payment connected to Campbell’s 2023 gospel album I Love You. My Block had sought more than $1 million, but the case ended before SRG/ILS Group formally responded to the allegations in court.
The speed of the settlement is striking, but it does not tell the public who was right. The terms remain undisclosed, and the voluntary dismissal produced no court ruling on whether My Block’s claims were valid. For artists, labels and anyone following royalty disputes, that distinction is crucial: the conflict has ended, but its central allegations remain legally untested.
Key points
My Block Records voluntarily dismissed its lawsuit against former distributor SRG/ILS Group in New York federal court on October 2, 2026.
The dismissal came 15 days after the lawsuit was filed and before SRG/ILS Group had formally responded in court.
The settlement terms were not disclosed, and no court ruled on My Block’s allegations of unpaid royalties.
How the case moved from filing to settlement
The public timeline is unusually compact. My Block filed the lawsuit, sought more than $1 million and then withdrew the case 15 days later following a settlement. Its October 2 voluntary dismissal brought the New York federal-court proceeding to an end before the dispute moved into a developed courtroom fight.
SRG/ILS Group had not filed a formal response to the lawsuit before the parties settled. That means the court record never reached the stage where both sides’ positions could be compared through their pleadings. The dismissal therefore confirms that the lawsuit is over, but it does not establish why it ended so quickly or what either party agreed to do.
That sequence is useful for interpreting the headlines. “Settled” means the parties resolved the dispute between themselves; it does not mean a judge decided the claims. Likewise, “voluntarily dismissed” describes how My Block ended the case, not a finding that its complaint lacked merit. With no ruling and no disclosed terms, the filing-to-settlement timeline is one of the few concrete parts of the outcome that readers can assess.
What My Block Records alleged
The lawsuit centered on alleged royalty non-payment tied to Erica Campbell’s 2023 gospel album I Love You. Those claims belonged to My Block Records and should not be treated as facts established by the court. Because the case settled before SRG/ILS Group formally responded, the allegations were never tested through a judicial decision.
My Block sought more than $1 million in the action. It also accused SRG/ILS Group of failing to provide a royalty statement covering three releases that, according to the label, generated more than 113 million streams. The three-release scope, absence of statements and streaming total were all parts of My Block’s account—not independent findings about what SRG owed or failed to provide.
The distinction is practical because a complaint presents one party’s case at the beginning of litigation. It can identify a claimed loss and describe alleged conduct, but it does not prove either one. Here, even the amount sought must be kept separate from the result: My Block requested more than $1 million, but the undisclosed settlement cannot be described as a million-dollar payment—or as any payment at all—without evidence of its terms.
What the settlement changes—and what it does not
For My Block Records and SRG/ILS Group, the immediate change is clear: the federal lawsuit has ended. The parties reached an agreement, and My Block dismissed the case on October 2. There is no longer a pending court fight over the claims contained in that complaint.
For Erica Campbell’s music and the people following the business behind it, the outcome is less revealing. The dispute involved alleged royalties connected to I Love You, but the public information does not establish whether money was paid, whether an accounting was delivered or whether the parties made any other financial or nonfinancial commitment. It also does not establish any change to future releases or distribution arrangements.
The absence of a ruling is equally important. No court decided whether SRG/ILS Group failed to pay royalties, whether the requested amount was justified or whether My Block’s broader account of missing royalty statements was correct. The settlement should therefore not be presented as vindication for the label, while the dismissal should not be presented as vindication for the distributor.
The practical industry lesson is narrow but real: a large claim can disappear from the court calendar without producing a public answer to the underlying accounting dispute. In this case, the more-than-$1-million demand, the allegation involving three releases and the claimed 113 million-plus streams entered the public record through My Block’s complaint. The private settlement prevented those assertions from becoming court-tested conclusions.
What remains unresolved for readers
Several questions remain open because the settlement terms were not disclosed. The public does not know whether the agreement included a financial payment, a royalty accounting or another form of resolution. It is also unclear which three releases were covered by My Block’s royalty-statement allegation or how the label calculated its demand for more than $1 million.
The available court outcome also does not answer whether SRG/ILS Group addressed My Block’s allegations outside the proceeding. What can be said is more limited: the distributor had not formally responded in court before settlement, and the court never ruled on the merits.
Any future document or statement that clarifies the agreement would need to be checked against those specific gaps. Until then, the cleanest description is also the least dramatic one: My Block Records brought a royalty lawsuit concerning alleged non-payment connected to I Love You, sought more than $1 million and settled with SRG/ILS Group after 15 days. The dispute ended privately, leaving its most consequential allegations unresolved in public.
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