Music Law Updates

May 2013	German DJ’s in dispute with GEMA Posted in: Copyright, Live Events, Music Publishing
Mar 2013	Germany passes new ‘watered down’ copyright law Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Feb 2013	GEMA and YouTube reach German impasse Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Music Publishing
Jan 2013	Kraftwerk’s 12-Year lawsuit over a two second sample comes to a bizarre end (nearly) Posted in: Artists, Copyright, Music Publishing
Jun 2012	YouTube v GEMA goes to appeal Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Music Publishing
Jun 2012	An IP address is not a person Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Jun 2012	German Pirate Party launch new agenda Posted in: Copyright
May 2012	German court gives partial victory to GEMA in case against YouTube Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Jan 2012	Honey to The Bee Posted in: Artists, Copyright, Record Labels
Dec 2011	Calculating music live tariffs – did GEMA get it right? Posted in: Copyright, Live Events
Dec 2011	German promoters look to neighbouring rights Posted in: Copyright, Live Events
Oct 2011	Zappa mark dispute continues Posted in: Artists, Trade Mark
Oct 2011	Elvis Estate sues for unpaid royalties Posted in: Artists, Contract, Record Labels
Oct 2011	EMI loses German ISP blocking case Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
Aug 2011	Danger in numbers – can mega-gigs ever truly be safe? Posted in: Health & Safety, Live Events
Jul 2011	German hackers get jail Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Feb 2011	Rammstein win damages for ‘appearance’ claim Posted in: Artists, Trade Mark
Jan 2011	“Neighbourhood Watch” Posted in: Copyright, Live Events
Nov 2010	Reeperbahn Campus Conference concludes with thoughts of Love Parade Posted in: Health & Safety, Live Events
Oct 2010	GEMA fail to get injunctive relief against YouTube Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Music Publishing
Aug 2010	Zappanale win on appeal, Ozzy settles with Tony Posted in: Artists, Live Events, Trade Mark
Jul 2010	German Court clears Rammstein cover artwork and lyrics Posted in: Artists, Censorship
Jun 2010	German and US actions take the shine off Google Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Music Publishing
Jun 2010	Pirate Bay judges cleared of bias, website forced offline in Germany Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Apr 2010	Rapidshare told to proactively block book uploads Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Dec 2009	Rammstien album cover deemed harmful to minors Posted in: Censorship
Nov 2009	Merkel attacks Google’s book project Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Jul 2009	Depeche Mode ticket re-sales banned in Germany Posted in: Artists, Live Events
Jul 2009	German court awards a massive E24 million fine for fileshare site Posted in: Copyright, Internet
Mar 2009	Frank Zappa’s window loses Zappanale case Posted in: Live Events, Trade Mark
Mar 2009	Was Vivaldi’s lost composition actually published in 1733? Posted in: Copyright, Music Publishing
Feb 2009	“Like an animal in a zoo”: copyright dispute over Klaus Kinski quotations Posted in: Artists, Copyright
Feb 2009	For the Loser Now/Will later be a win: Sony Music Entertainment (Germany) GmbH v Falcon Neue Medien Vertrieb GmbH Posted in: Copyright, Record Labels
Dec 2008	Krafwerk sample found not to infringe Posted in: Copyright, Music Publishing
Sep 2008	German Collection society cannot licence ‘Grand Right’ in scenes from Disney musicals Posted in: Copyright, Live Events, Music Publishing
May 2008	New data law could benefit music pirates Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
May 2008	Zappa Estate take on Zappanale Festival Posted in: Live Events, Trade Mark
Apr 2008	Irish labels take on Eircom Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
Dec 2007	iPhone lock-ins challenged – Vodafone wins round agains iPhine in Germany Posted in: Competition
Oct 2007	Bertelsmann settle final Napster claim Posted in: Copyright, Music Publishing
Oct 2007	eDonkey servers taken offline Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
Oct 2007	Germany makes personal copying illegal Posted in: Copyright
Sep 2007	German Court says privacy more important than ‘petty’ file swapping crimes Posted in: Copyright, Record Labels
Mar 2007	Tom Waits reaches settlement over German car Posted in: Artists, Image Rights
Mar 2007	EMI signs as streaming deal with AOL, Warners ties up with Last.FM , Viacom takes on YouTube and JASRAC are still not best pleased! Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
Feb 2007	Norway rules that Apple DRM is illegal Posted in: Competition, Record Labels
Dec 2006	New rules for illegal downloading in Germany Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
Nov 2006	IFPI continue actions against file swappers Posted in: Copyright, Internet, Record Labels
Nov 2006	FKP Scorpio Konzertproduction Gmbh v Finanzamt Hamburg-Eimsbüttel ECJ C290-04 Posted in: Artists, Live Events, Taxation
Nov 2006	Centro di Musicologia Walter Stauffer v Finanzamt München für Körperschaften ECJ C386-04 Posted in: Live Events, Taxation

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