Disclaimer
ADVERTISING MATERIAL www.boselaw.com/disclaimerRSS
Authors
-
Recent Posts
- Making or Helping Ransomware Payments Could Mean Federal Sanctions
- Maybe There’s A Ransomware Key For Free
- Blurred Lines Decision Endorses Traditional Copyright Law
- Can I Get Copyright Statutory Damages and Attorney’s Fees Without a Registration?
- Can I Enforce My Copyright in Court Without a Registration?
Tags
- "Copyright and the music marketplace"
- Academy Awards
- Antor Media
- Beijing Treaty
- CCC
- CCI
- Celebrity wedding
- Center for Copyright Information
- Class Action
- Copyright
- Copyright Alert System
- Copyright Clearance Center
- Copyright Office
- Copyright Royalty Board
- Copyright Royalty Judges
- Copyright termination
- copyright termination notice
- Deer Creek Music Center
- digital revenue
- download
- Downloads
- Enablement
- Federal Circuit
- Federal Research Public Access Act
- first sale
- Flo & Eddie
- Fourth Amendment
- FRPPA
- Google Books
- Infringement
- intellectual property
- Internet law
- Judge Denny Chin
- Lexis
- Lyle Lovett
- material object
- MPAA
- music
- Noelia
- OPEN
- patent lawyers
- Patents
- patent small claims
- Patent trolls
- Perfect Horizon
- Performance royalty
- piracy
- Post Mortem Rights
- pre-1972
- Prior art
- Privacy
- prosecution disclaimer
- Protect IP
- PTO
- radio
- records
- Research Works Act
- RIAA
- Rights of Publicity
- RWA
- SAG
- Small Claims
- small claims court
- Social Media
- SOPA
- Sound Recordings
- statutory royalty
- Supreme Court
- TAPFR
- Taxpayer Access to Publicly funded Research Act
- technology
- trademarks
- Village People
- Westlaw
- WIPO
Categories
Archives
- October 2020
- August 2019
- March 2018
- February 2018
- October 2016
- August 2016
- June 2016
- May 2016
- April 2016
- January 2016
- December 2015
- October 2015
- September 2015
- June 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- November 2014
- October 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- March 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- May 2013
- March 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
Category Archives: Sound Recordings
Flo & Eddie’s California Dreams Still Alive
I’ve been writing since 2014 about the quest by Flo & Eddie, the former Turtles, to win copyright royalties under state law for their pre-1972 records which federal copyright law doesn’t protect. The latest chapter ended yesterday when Judge Gutierrez … Continue reading
Who Did the Copyright Office Neglect in its Music Marketplace Report?
Most musicians and composers owed royalties. Why do I say that? Because the Copyright Office failed to factor in to its “Guiding Principles” the core copyright issue for all musicians and composers below the upper levels of music earnings─ they … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright Enforcement, Sound Recordings
Tagged "Copyright and the music marketplace"
1 Comment
Flo & Eddie Must Choose Which Victory They Want in New York
Judge Colleen McMahon yesterday handed Flo & Eddie a take-your-pick win in their New York federal court lawsuit for pre-1972 performance royalties against SiriusXM. They asked for summary judgment that Sirius is liable to them for common law copyright infringement. … Continue reading
Flo & Eddie Win Again
Blog Flo Eddie v Sirius MSJ order Nov 14 2014 Against Sirius XM again, and this time on the east coast. And it’s again based on state copyright law which was dormant and waiting for people with enough resources to … Continue reading
Flo, Eddie and Copyright Revenge of the Golden Oldies Artists
Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan blended their fine voices for The Turtles and created hit recordings like “Happy Together” in 1967. That was great except federal copyright law did not protect sound recording rights until 1972. Even after federal law … Continue reading
Posted in Copyright, Sound Recordings
2 Comments
9th Circuit to World’s Largest Record Company: “Spotty” Bob Marley Copyright Claim
A small music company, Rock River, was given back its day in court to claim Universal Music Group intentionally interfered with its attempt to market remixes of 1960’s recordings in Jamaica by Bob Marley and the Wailers. Rock River’s perseverance … Continue reading
Posted in Bob Marley, Copyright, Sound Recordings, Uncategorized
Leave a comment
Toward A General Theory of Copyright–Part 1(a)
Exploring our lack of basic consensus on copyright , I wrote in Part 1 that “while the news was still all about the dramatic Megaupload arrests for massive internet copyright infringement, a major record company agreed to a proposed class action settlement for underpaying artists … Continue reading
Posted in Downloads, Sound Recordings, Uncategorized
Tagged Copyright, Downloads, Sound Recordings
Leave a comment