Band Rush Threatens Legal Action Against Radio Host Rush Limbaugh for Use of their Music

Posted by on Mar 23, 2012 in Art, Copyright, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Music, News, Trademark | 1 comment Things aren’t looking up for conservative radio show host Rush Limbaugh. With so many of his advertisers refusing to continue advertising on his radio show, the band Rush’s latest cease and desist letter to Mr. Limbaugh can’t be helping matters. The band Rush and Mr. Rush Limbaugh are not in any way associated with one another and that is how the band Rush wants to keep...
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Compulsory Licenses in the Music Industry

Posted by on Nov 7, 2011 in Art, Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Copyright, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Music, News, Television | 0 comments Compulsory copyright license is the exception to copyright law. It is the government’s attempt to correct a market failure or a monopoly. A compulsory license allows a person to exercise one or more of the copyright’s exclusive rights without having to obtain the copyright holder’s permission. All the individual has to do is pay a licensing fee. This is why it is called a...
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SiriusXM is Looking to License Music Directly from Labels

Posted by on Nov 6, 2011 in Art, Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Copyright, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Music, News | 0 comments There has been chatter in the entertainment industry with regard to SiriusXM’s recent attempt to directly license music from record labels. SiriusXM, a satellite radio, currently has a statutory license to play music and pays digital public performance royalties to a nonprofit organization called SoundExchange, which is a nonprofit organization designated by Congress pursuant to the 1995...
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Major Players in the Entertainment Industry Show Support for New House Bill on Online Piracy

Posted by on Nov 2, 2011 in Art, Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Copyright, Entertainment, Film, Intellectual Property, Music, News, Sports, Television, Trademark | 0 comments A House Bill entitled “The Stop Online Piracy Act” recently introduced by several congress members has found overwhelming support by major players in the entertainment industry. The new STOP Online Piracy Act would provide the federal government with broad and sweeping powers to essentially eliminate websites that host illegal content. The federal government will have the power to shut down...
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Big Sister Napolitano has a New Bill in the House to Control What We Can and Cannot Access Online

Posted by on Oct 29, 2011 in Art, Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Copyright, Entertainment, Film, Intellectual Property, Music, News, Sports, Television, Trademark | 0 comments The entertainment industry has been voicing its support for a brand new bill introduced in the House of Representatives that takes aim at online websites that violate US Copyright laws, which is titled the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) and is scheduled for hearing by the House Judiciary committee on November 16, 2011. In May, the Senate also introduced a similar bill named the Protect IP Act...
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