Internet companies rejoice! Composers, songwriters and lyricists commiserate! On Monday, the Supreme Court denied the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers' (ASCAP) petition for certiorari and let stand the 2 nd Circuit's... Read More
NEW YORK - (Mealey's) Cautioning that "theft of the world's greatest music comes with a stiff price," Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) Chairman and CEO Mitch Bainwol confirmed May 12 that a settlement has been reached... Read More
As reported by the Duluth News Tribune , U.S. District Judge Michael J. Davis has reduced the $ 1.5 million verdict against Jammie Thomas-Rasset, the Minnesota woman found liable for illegally sharing 24 songs online. The award, which was reduced to... Read More
Community Member Andrew Beckerman-Rodau , Professor of Law & Co-Director IP Concentration a the Suffolk University Law School, contributed the following podcast to the community. Andrew Beckerman-Rodau, Professor, Suffolk University Law School... Read More
LEGAL ALERT May 10, 2010 The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit recently affirmed a district court decision finding that a copyright owner was entitled to only one award of statutory damages for its music album compilation even though individual... Read More
By Lisa Tittemore , Chair of the Copyright Practice Group T he jig is up for the brazen anti-copyright activists at The Pirate Bay. In April 2009, the men behind the once-popular Swedish file-sharing website were found guilty of violating Swedish... Read More
By Jonathan Zavin of Loeb & Loeb LLP USDC S.D. New York, April 7, 2011 Click here for a copy of the full decision . In copyright infringement litigation against peer-to-peer network, court denies defendants' motion that would... Read More
China's dominant search engine Baidu announced a new licensing that will permit legal downloads and streaming music to millions of Chinese users . A recent NY Times report described the new deal that will change China's image for providing illegal... Read More
WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court today rejected a petition for certiorari by a Massachusetts man who was found liable for copyright infringement related to his sharing of 30 songs on peer-to-peer (P2P) websites, making no comment... Read More
On May 11 th , 2010, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs, Arista Records, et. al., on their claims against defendants, Lime Wire, et. al., for secondary copyright infringement... Read More
LimeWire Settlement: Our Takeaway It was an incriminating statement, as far as copyright trials go. "I was wrong." Those were LimeWire CEO Mark Gorton's very words when he took the stand in our one-and-a-half week damages trial this... Read More
The European Court of Justice (Third Chamber) recently ruled that general, indiscriminate monitoring cannot be forced upon ISPs in the event of illegal music sharing. The ruling, a setback for copyright representative Société belge des... Read More
Update 9/17/12: As reported by Business Insider last week, Ms. Thomas-Rasset plans to take her fight to the Supreme Court. This could prove an uphill battle, as the Court has already denied certiorari in another music download case - Sony BMG Music Entm't... Read More
As the entertainment and software industries struggle with the widespread problem of digital piracy, the U.S. government is wrestling with ways it can address the epidemic without infringing on free speech. Recent attempts to address the problem-including... Read More
In a significant loss for music performing rights organizations, the Second Circuit held in United States v. ASCAP , 2010 U.S. App. LEXIS 19983 (2d Cir. Sept. 28, 2010) [ enhanced version available to lexis.com subscribers / unenhanced version available... Read More