The Planets Align for the Music Industry. Will it Be Enough? In our last post, we examined the overlapping music-licensing regimes to explain, in part, why it took Spotify two years to get licensed in the U.S. We also looked at the music industry’s unhappy history...
The Planets Align for the Music Industry. Will it Be Enough? In our last post, we examined the overlapping music-licensing regimes to explain, in part, why it took Spotify two years to get licensed in the U.S. We also looked at the music industry’s unhappy history...
Or, the Attractions (and Distractions) of Licensing Spotify has been available in the United States for a few months now. Until the recent kerfuffle involving its Facebook integration, the reviews have been positive. If you review the features list with which we...
Welcome to the Game We’re Calling, “Is It Fair Use?” I’m starting a new occasional series called, “Is it Fair Use?” where I set out the facts from an actual copyright or trademark decision involving fair use, and you get to guess how the court...
Tara reported a couple of weeks ago that I had been selected as a “Best Lawyer” in the field of Intellectual Property Litigation. Upon hearing of this outlandish claim, some of you may reasonably have demanded proof. Heck, I demanded proof. Well, here...
As many of you know, Rick Sanders has been posting a series of blog entries on online music sources and their legal status (or lack thereof) under U.S. copyright law. Recently, Brad McCarty of The Next Web contacted Rick to discuss Apple’s imminent iCloud, and...
