Music Law Updates

Dec 2007	Canadian study says that illegal downloading promotes music sales Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
Dec 2007	Is ‘value recognition’ on the turntable? Posted in: Copyright
Dec 2007	Clear Channel to face anti-trust action Posted in: Competition, Live Events
Dec 2007	Just when you thought the Sony-BMG merger debate was all over … Posted in: Competition, Record Labels
Dec 2007	OFT explain V2 approval Posted in: Competition, Record Labels
Dec 2007	Ukrainian file swap site fined and shut down Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Dec 2007	OiNK owner trots out his defences Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Dec 2007	RIAA file swapper case fails due to insufficient evidence Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Dec 2007	France to instigate new penalties agains downloaders Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Dec 2007	iPhone lock-ins challenged – Vodafone wins round agains iPhine in Germany Posted in: Competition
Dec 2007	Japanese trio fined E70 million for tape price fixing cartel Posted in: Competition
Dec 2007	Music Rights Regime Needs Updated, Should Embrace New technologies Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
Dec 2007	Copyright law offers poor protection for aboriginal cultural property Posted in: Copyright
Dec 2007	Tarzan yell cannot be registered as a trade mark Posted in: Trade Mark
Dec 2007	MTV v MTV – TV stations fight for same name in Hungary Posted in: Trade Mark
Dec 2007	Book Titles and Trade Marks Posted in: Artists, Trade Mark
Dec 2007	Upholstery use prompts Britney action Posted in: Copyright, Trade Mark
Dec 2007	Red hot stuff as Californication dispute heads for the courts Posted in: Artists, Trade Mark
Dec 2007	Four Italian illegal music file-swappers face fines of €12 million Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Dec 2007	Indian Label gets order against YouTube Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Dec 2007	IFPI puts pressure in Yahoo’s China services Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Dec 2007	New Bill to make US Universities police net Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Dec 2007	Bond girls parties do not fall foul of Licensing Act Posted in: Licensing, Live Events
Dec 2007	New contract dispute for Hawthorne Heights Posted in: Artists, Contract, Record Labels
Dec 2007	Meatloaf fans seeks compensation for cut-short show Posted in: Contract, Live Events
Dec 2007	Hannah Montana fan club member sues over implied ticket promise Posted in: Artists, Contract
Nov 2007	BMG-Sony merger re-approved as AIM questions Universal’s label acquisitions Posted in: Competition, Record Labels
Nov 2007	RIAA finally gets a filesharing conviction in the US Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
Nov 2007	Radiohead and Charlatans ‘give away’ albums: the end of the label (for some)? Posted in: Copyright, Record Labels
Nov 2007	Swiss parliament approves downloading for ‘personal use’. Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Nov 2007	UK Trade Mark Law Changes Posted in: Trade Mark
Nov 2007	The most illegal album ever? Posted in: Artists, Copyright, Record Labels
Nov 2007	PRS bring lawsuit over garage radios Posted in: Copyright, Music Publishing
Nov 2007	Wu Tang Clan get Beatle’s ‘sample’ Posted in: Artists, Copyright
Nov 2007	Genuwine litigates to get out of ‘fraudulent’ contract Posted in: Artists, Contract
Nov 2007	Does Diddy owe on a Biggie debt? Posted in: Artists, Contract
Nov 2007	Italian police take fileshare action Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
Nov 2007	New neighbours object to live music venue Posted in: Health & Safety, Licensing, Live Events
Nov 2007	Brooker to appeal Whiter Shade of Pale judgment Posted in: Copyright, Music Publishing
Nov 2007	Ticketmaster seek to block automated access by secondary retailer Posted in: Competition, Live Events
Nov 2007	Celebrity image rights can now be inherited in California Posted in: Artists, Image Rights, Trade Mark
Nov 2007	Indian religious festival falls foul of Potter magic Posted in: Copyright
Nov 2007	An inconvenient judgment against Al Gore Posted in: Education
Nov 2007	Record labels clamp down on student downloading in USA and Taiwan Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
Nov 2007	Canadian Copyright Board rule on download royalties Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Nov 2007	Football fans may face claim Posted in: Defamation, Internet
Nov 2007	Pirates board IFPI Posted in: Internet, Trade Mark
Nov 2007	Google missing from copyright pact Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Nov 2007	FACT close down tv-links wesbite Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Nov 2007	Nugent loses appeal over concert cancellation Posted in: Contract, Live Events

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