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Aurous Who? Gone before they even started? Possibly so. Music app creator Andrew Sampson found himself in a lawsuit just three days after launching his app. Three days?!? That has to be some sort of record for the labels. And I say labels, because not one, not two, but all three of the major labels (Sony, Universal and Warner and two of its subsidiaries) hit Mr. Sampson with a lawsuit for his Aurous app. Aurous is a music app that provides its users with access to copyrighted

Washington D.C./Oakland, California -- Pandora (NYSE:P) and a coalition of independent and major record companies announced today that they have agreed to a $90 million settlement for Pandora’s use of recordings created before 1972. The confidential settlement is between Pandora and ABKCO Music & Records, Capitol Records, Sony Music Entertainment, UMG Recordings, and Warner Music Group. The settlement provides a nationwide resolution for Pandora’s use of the plaintiffs’ pr

The Ninth Circuit’s opinion in Lenz v. Universal is out, and it’s a doozy. The main issue in the case is whether a rightholder has to consider fair use before sending a DMCA takedown notice. Section 512 requires the sender to state that she “has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.” Section 107 says that “the fair use of a copyrighted work . . . is not an infringement of copyr

The Living Legends foundation,® Inc. 19th Annual Awards Dinner and Gala Is Huge Success with Strong Celebrity and Music Industry Turnout City of Los Angeles City Council Honors the LLF and its Honorees​ On Friday, October 9, 2015 the Living Legends Foundation,® Inc. (LLF) held its 19th Living Legends Awards Dinner and Gala at the Taglyan Cultural Complex in Hollywood. This year’s gala honored eleven distinguished individuals and one radio broadcast company. The Living Legends

Deal Allows SESAC to Drive Efficiency and Enhance Value through Bundled Licensing and Offer Best of Breed Licensing Services and Solutions to Digital Music Platforms. SESAC, Inc. today announced that that it has entered into an agreement to acquire the Harry Fox Agency (HFA), the leading U.S. mechanical rights organization. The proposed transaction has been approved by the NMPA Board and is subject to NMPA member approval. The transaction positions SESAC as the only music rig

Online radio giant Pandora is poised to fork over roughly $90 million to the major record companies as payment for use of pre-1972 recordings, The Post has learned. The company would be the second major radio outlet to settle with rights holders. In June, Sirius paid $210 million to resolve a long-running lawsuit over its broadcast of oldies. Pandora would pay $60 million for the use of recordings through 2015, and another $30 million to cover through 2016. The company’s boar

He gave us “Testimony” in 2014 and August Alsina will have to “Testify” for us once more, this time in Miami Dade County courthouse to defend allegations of breach of contract, tortious interference and unjust enrichment by former management company, Dynasty Management, LLC. In September of 2009, Alsina’s mother, Sheila Sanders, signed Alsina to an exclusive management contract with Dynasty as his legal guardian. The terms of the management agreement granted Dynasty “the excl