His estate announced a multimillion-dollar lawsuit against Arista Music, formerly RCA Records, claiming that
Elvis Presley had been unfairly exploited by his record company during his lifetime. It sought proper payment of revenues from new media such as ringtones, downloads and entertainment applications. On June 1,
2017, a court ruled in favor of Arista, stating that Presley had sold the rights to his songs to RCA Records in
1973 for $5.4 million and had been properly and fully compensated.