by Ted Sabety | Jun 28, 2021 | Media, Copyrights & the Internet, Patent, Trademark & Copyright Litigation
June 22, 2021. In a long-running case regarding Sarah Brightman’s album A Winter Symphony, the producer of the album had sued YouTube in Germany for copyright infringement, alleging that the album had been distributed by YouTube without authorization and further, that...
by Ted Sabety | Jan 21, 2021 | Media, Copyrights & the Internet
January, 2021. The DOJ has concluded that the ancient anti-trust consent decrees that permit ACSCAP, BMI and other Performing Rights Organizations to issue blanket song copyright licenses should be left untouched – despite the document listing all of the current...
by Ted Sabety | Sep 9, 2019 | Media, Copyrights & the Internet
Court in California Forgets about the Doctrine of Scènes à Faire in Copyright Law and finds Copyright in a Musical “Function.” In a bizarre case alleging copyright infringement by a pop-star, Marcus Gray et al v. Katy Perry et al, 2:15-cv-05642-CAS-JC, (C.D.C.A.) a...
by Ted Sabety | Sep 19, 2018 | Media, Copyrights & the Internet
The Music Industry Reaches a Tortured Compromise as the U.S. Senate Passes the Music Modernization Act September 19, 2018 U.S. Senate Passes the Music Modernization Act, nee’ the “Orrin G. Hatch Music Modernization Act.” The MMA amends the U.S. Copyright Act in a...
