Music Law

After deliberating over the arguments made by both Viacom and Harmonix, a Delaware Supreme Court refused to take up the case because it was deemed an issue to be decided by an arbitrator. This means bad news... Read More...

Wired.com reported today that the RIAA had asked Jammie Thomas-Rasset, who was convicted of file-sharing in a case that began in 2007, to "publicly extol the virtues of the Recording Industry Association of Ame... Read More...

Tom Scholz, leader of Boston, recently lost a defamation lawsuit against the Boston Herald and its writers Gayle Fee and Laura Raposa for the article "Pal's Snub Made Delp Do it: Boston Rocker's Ex-Wife Speaks.... Read More...

Here's the complete, non-negotiable contract Apple has been mailing independent labels and artists ahead of the iTunes Radio launch.  It offers complete details on iTunes Store payouts, iTunes Radio per-play ra... Read More...

Joel Tenenbaum is back in the news again. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Tenenbaum's battle with Sony, the latter sued the Boston University graduate student for illegally downloading and distributing... Read More...

In further attempt to keep publishing rates low, Pandora is asking the judge to determine whether or not publishers like Universal, BMG Chrysalis and Warner/Chapell are obligated to keep limited "New Media" rig... Read More...