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15 Jun 2017, 6:47 am by Chris Castle
It is as if the songwriters do not exist and the only people who matter are the recording artists. [read post]
3 May 2017, 11:03 am by Tamera H. Bennett
Under the district court’s holding, one could start a competing record label today called Motown, Sony, Universal or Def Jam, and so long as they could provide any artistic reason for the name, they would be protected under the First Amendment, regardless of the amount of consumer confusion. [read post]
3 May 2017, 11:03 am by Tamera H. Bennett
Under the district court’s holding, one could start a competing record label today called Motown, Sony, Universal or Def Jam, and so long as they could provide any artistic reason for the name, they would be protected under the First Amendment, regardless of the amount of consumer confusion. [read post]
11 Jan 2017, 6:00 am by Jonathan Bailey
The reason for the unusual release was a 2011 change to EU copyright law that made it so that officially unreleased sound recordings would fall into the public domain after 50 years after recording. [read post]
18 Apr 2016, 1:29 am by Embajador Microjuris al Día
., cantante, compositor, productor y cofundador de Motown Records. [read post]
8 Jan 2016, 12:41 pm by Danielle & Andy
 The jury felt that the hit song, Blurred Lines, was too similar to Gaye's Motown hit Got to Give It Up. [read post]
11 Aug 2015, 9:00 am by Jonathan Bailey
Shakira’s label, Sony Records, was sued by Mayimba Music in 2012. [read post]
23 Mar 2015, 11:51 am
," who also performed in "Blurred Lines," and the record label were not found liable for copyright infringement. [read post]
9 Mar 2015, 5:53 am by Ben
 Busch complained that King was trying to confuse the jury by repeatedly declaring that the sound recording of 'Got To Give It Up' is owned by the Motown label and not the Gaye family. [read post]
6 Mar 2015, 11:41 am by Josh H. Escovedo
  However, what you may be less familiar with is the fact that the heirs of Motown great Marvin Gaye (the “Heirs”) have been threatening to sue the Composers since at least early 2013. [read post]
20 Nov 2014, 8:23 am
It is the essence of bittersweetness, the quality that empowered Motown's most soulful recordings, a ballad that physically moves rather than gathering in a maudlin puddle of self-pity, its terrible sadness stirring into a kind of majestic defiance, utterly bereft and yet still reaching out for the silver-lining of hope.Ruffin died yesterday at the age of 78. [read post]
29 Oct 2014, 7:04 pm
 "ABCeasy as 1-23simple as do-ri-me-ABC-123-list your victim as an A and you will A-OK"(c) Rumpole and Motown Records, 2014. [read post]
26 Sep 2014, 12:42 pm by Kevin Goldberg
That section expressly vests “exclusive ownership” of any pre-2/15/72 recording in the recording’s copyright owner. [read post]
19 Feb 2014, 2:19 pm by Robin E. Shea
The group opened for performers like Gladys Knight and the Pips and James Brown before being signed on to Motown Records in 1968, where they recorded hits such as "I Want You Back," and "ABC." [read post]
30 Sep 2013, 9:05 pm by Walter Olson
Special holiday bonus giveaways could’ve plugged $1.9 billion of Detroit fiscal gap [Megan McArdle, Coyote] The police and fire departments that ate Motown [Coyote] Fire department expenditures have risen even in cities where fires have declined 90 percent [Tabarrok] EEOC sues employer for failing to accommodate employee’s religious belief linking hand scanner to “Mark of the Beast” [EEOC release, West Virginia Record, Exponent-Telegram] Claim that FDR… [read post]
6 Sep 2013, 3:57 pm by Jonathan Bailey
We start off this week in the UK and its ISPs but quickly bring it back to the states with an update on the “Happy Birthday” lawsuit, a controversy over a Motown classic and news that a record label is suing Spotify, but not over its music. [read post]
3 Sep 2013, 9:37 am by Jonathan Bailey
Tune in every Wednesday evening at 5 PM ET for the live recording of the Copyright 2.0 Show or wait and get the edited version Friday right here on Plagiarism Today. [read post]
22 Jul 2013, 1:20 am by Kevin LaCroix
As part of its scheme to improve corporate transparency and director accountability, a UK government ministry has proposed what UK Business Secretary Vince Cable calls “tough measures” to “give the public greater confidence that irresponsible directors will face consequences for their actions. [read post]
2 Apr 2012, 8:35 am by Christopher F. Lonegro
Iconic Motown recording artists The Temptations are the latest in a string of artists to end up in court over the terms of their royalty contracts following a 2010 decision in favor of rapper Eminem in a similar case. [read post]