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Led Zep’s “Stairway to Heaven” lawsuit
From the New York Times’s Monday (June 13, 2016) Briefing: Back Story It seems everyone has heard “Chim Chim Cher-ee,” the happy chimney sweep’s anthem from the 1964 film “Mary Poppins.” That familiarity could play a role in a copyright … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright infringement, copyright law, copyright lawsuits, intellectual property lawsuits, music copyrights, plagiarism
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How does this decision solve the plaintiff’s real problem?
Ninth Circuit Holds Actor Has No Copyright in Her Performance Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida, New York Law Journal June 17, 2015 In their Copyright Law column, Robert J. Bernstein and Robert W. Clarida discuss Cindy Lee … Continue reading
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Tagged copyright infringement, copyright law, copyright lawsuits, intellectual property law
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Led Zeppelin sued in PA over 6 notes in “Stairway to Heaven”
What would I do without Kevin Underhill and his Lowering the Bar? For one thing, I wouldn’t be sitting in my desk chair right now, Saturday afternoon, wondering why Led Zeppelin (they are British, right?) are (is?) being sued in … Continue reading
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