08-cv-5831 (S.D.N.Y. complaint filed June 27, 2008).
July 3, 2008
June 30, 2008
Prince - On Cover Songs
Rolling Stone reports that Prince is suing a Norwegian record company for releasing a 5-CD cover album of "the Purple One's songs". The article describes "the whole thing [as] quite hypocritical of Prince [because he] has no problem with borrowing other people's songs", referring to his cover of Radiohead's "Creep" at Coachella.
But, is the article missing an important distinction? Cover songs on an album implicate the copying/fixing of the underlying musical composition (i.e., publishing); but, cover songs at a live festival implicate the public performance of the underlying musical composition. In other words, different rights. Licensing administration schemes for the two regimes are different, and often involve different players.
Radio Royalties in the Future?
House Subcommittee Approves Performance Rigths Bill:
The Performance Rights Act, bill HR 4789, would remove a historical exemption that allows over-the-air radio stations to avoid paying royalties to record labels and artists for performances of sound recordings
The Performance Rights Act, bill HR 4789, would remove a historical exemption that allows over-the-air radio stations to avoid paying royalties to record labels and artists for performances of sound recordings
June 24, 2008
Dylan Quoted By Supreme Court
Sprint Communications Co. v. APCC Services, Inc., No. 07-552, 554 U.S. ___ (decided June 23, 2008) (C.J. Roberts, dissenting):
The absence of any right to the substantive recovery means that respondents cannot benefit from the judgment they seek and thus lack Article III standing. “When you got nothing, you
got nothing to lose.” Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone, on Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia Records 1965).
(p. 36 of this .pdf).
The absence of any right to the substantive recovery means that respondents cannot benefit from the judgment they seek and thus lack Article III standing. “When you got nothing, you
got nothing to lose.” Bob Dylan, Like A Rolling Stone, on Highway 61 Revisited (Columbia Records 1965).
(p. 36 of this .pdf).
June 19, 2008
Poison Sues Label for Royalties
In a lawsuit filed in California state court, the band Poison claims Capitol Records underpaid them royalties for years.
(Article with link to papers filed.)
(Article with link to papers filed.)
June 18, 2008
Motley Crue - Photograph Infringement Suit Filed
Toma v. Motley Crue, Inc. et al., No. 1:08-cv-03479 (N.D. Ill. complaint filed 6/17/08):
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