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Led Zep’s “Stairway to Heaven” lawsuit

Posted on June 16, 2016 by Naomi

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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“Happy birthday to you” and I won’t be sued

Posted on February 11, 2016 by Naomi

So this is it! Feel free to congratulate yourselves by bursting into some song like, oh, I don’t know. (But not “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town.”) Papers filed in federal court show that Warner Music Group agreed to pay … Continue reading →

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How does this decision solve the plaintiff’s real problem?

Posted on June 16, 2015 by Naomi

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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