In June, the United States Department of Justice both denied a review of ASCAP and BMI’s consent decrees and extended the reach of the decrees…
Prior to 1972, no federal copyright protection existed for sound recordings. Congress rectified that situation by extending copyright to any recordings that were fixed on…
Of the issues that have bedeviled the music industry, perhaps the most insidious has been that of transparency, or, more accurately, a lack thereof. In…
Two exclusive rights of copyright are at the heart of the worldwide business of music. They involve musical compositions and sound recordings, the rights of…
In early June, the United States Department of Justice announced that it would be launching a review of the consent decrees governing the nation’s two…
In Hollywood, they call him Dr. Evil. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, his company has stolen over half a billion dollars from copyright…