Music Law

The RIAA continued to offer pre-lawsuit settlement options for accused file-swappers this week. The latest component to the plan involves an easy online resource for pre-lawsuit settlements and payments.  Th... Read More...

Lawmakers Rich Boucher (D-Va) and John Doolittle (R-Ca) recently introduced a bill to amend aspects of the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which the pair claims is overly skewed towards the inte... Read More...

Video-sharing destination Bolt.com has now resolved a major legal rift involving Universal Music Group. According to the New York Times, the site will pay Universal several million dollars to close the actio... Read More...

The long-running battle between the RIAA and the Santangelo family took another twist this week. Teenager Robert Santangelo, recently a target of the RIAA, has now rifled back against the trade organization ... Read More...

One day after its introduction, the iPhone is already encountering legal difficulties. The challenger is networking giant Cisco, which is alleging infringement on its long-standing iPhone trademark.  Early i... Read More...