The legal battle that Sony Music had brought against Lucio Battisti's heirs in 2017 ended this year with a bitter defeat for the major label.

By resolution No. 12956 of May 14, 2025, the Italian Court of Cassation rejected Sony Music's appeal, thereby confirming the decision of the Milan Court and the Milan Court of Appeal, which had already ruled in favor of the heirs. Battisti's widow and son objected to the distribution of Lucio's music on streaming platforms such as Spotify.

In 2017, Sony had put Lucio Battisti's entire catalog online without the consent of the heirs. Sony had previously overlooked the fact that the Battisti family had withdrawn the entire catalog from SIAE, prohibiting the use of the music on digital platforms or for commercials. When Sony Music realized this after the fact, it filed a lawsuit against Lucio Battisti's heirs, arguing that by withdrawing the SIAE mandate, they were unjustifiably hindering the distribution of the artist's music. During the proceedings, Sony Music claimed to be the sole owner of a series of sound recordings of Lucio Battisti's musical works based on contracts concluded between 1966 and 1994 between the artist and the record company and its affiliated companies.

However, the Court of Appeal clarified that the contracts concluded by Lucio Battisti over fifty years ago do not allow the usage of the sound recordings online or for advertising purposes without the consent of the heirs.