BLURRED LINES INDEED
Looks like the 9th circuit judge upheld the district court’s decision in finding copyright infringement in the lawsuit between the estate of Marvin Gaye and defendant’s Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I. If you’ve been following my blog posts, I discussed the lawsuit and the 2015 verdict (“Copyright Act of 1976: Is it Now Just a Bunch of Blurred Lines?) that is certain to have a chilling effect on music creators and copyright law in general. In case you’ve been living
Music On The Move
The American recorded music business grew in 2017, for the second consecutive year, as music fans continued to subscribe to streaming services, which counted more than 35 million U.S. subscriptions and drove a 16.5% increase in retail sales to $8.7 billion. My colleague Josh Friedlander walks through all the data in more detail here. Subscriptions Drive Music’s Recovery Music is a digital business, with more than 80% of overall revenue stemming from an array of digital platfo
BLURRED LINES INDEED
Looks like the 9th circuit judge upheld the district court’s decision in finding copyright infringement in the lawsuit between the estate of Marvin Gaye and defendant’s Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams, and T.I. If you’ve been following my blog posts, I discussed the lawsuit and the 2015 verdict (“Copyright Act of 1976: Is it Now Just a Bunch of Blurred Lines?) that is certain to have a chilling effect on music creators and copyright law in general. In case you’ve been living
Heartbroken
I’ve been told by some of the richest and most successful people, that if you haven’t filed for bankruptcy at least once in your life, you’re doing something terribly wrong. Welp, in that vein, America’s largest radio station, iHeartMedia, and owner of iHeartRadio, has filed for bankruptcy under chapter 11. Apparently, the media company has been battling with debt for almost 10 years, since the company was acquired under some type of leveraged buyout. For the past year or so,
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems
On the anniversary of the late Notorious B.I.G.’s death, his estate was just released from civil liability of a copyright infringement lawsuit alleging damages in the amount of $24 million. Abiodun Oyewole, professionally and hereafter known as “Tunes by Dune”, and a member of the group The Lost Poets, brought a copyright infringement lawsuit against Biggie’s estate in March of 2016, for Biggie’s hit song “Party and Bullshit”. Also named in the lawsuit were Rita Ora, Busta Rh
Case of the Google’s
Google is under fire for allegedly breaching a provision of their own settlement agreement with Stelor Productions, Inc. (“Stelor”). Stelor is the controlling entity of Googles (formerly “From Googles to Goo”), which is a developing multimedia platform for children. Googles was created back in 1995 and Stelor owns validly registered trademarks for the term “Googles”. Google originated in 1998. The two previously reached a settlement agreement, back in 2008, regarding the lik
