More Photo Copyright Suits Filed Against Media Companies | AllAccess.com

More photographer copyright infringement lawsuits targeting media companies for unlicensed use of photographs on websites without license or permission have reached the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of NEW YORK. Attorney RICHARD P. LIEBOWITZ filed the suits on behalf of several photographers…

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Two More Photo Copyright Suits Filed Against Broadcasters, This Time Entravision And Townsquare

Two more photographer lawsuits have been filed against radio companies alleging copyright infringement, but this time the allegations involve non-radio-website uses. CHRISTOPHER SADOWSKI has sued ENTRAVISION COMMUNICATIONS over use of a photo of an ambulance outside the FOUR SEASONS HOTEL in MANHATTAN allegedly used without permission on ENTRAVISION’s news site noticias.entravision.com. And ALEC TABAK has filed suit against TOWNSQUARE MEDIA for use of rapper TROY AVE after his release on …

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Two More Photo Copyright Suits Filed Against Radio Companies

Two more copyright lawsuits have been filed against radio companies for using photos on their websites without permission or payment. – See more at: http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/156347/two-more-photo-copyright-suits-filed-against-radio?ref=mail_news#sthash.VkMVGBeS.dpuf

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Jury Rules In Favor Of Led Zeppelin In ‘Stairway To Heaven’ Case

A LOS ANGELES jury has decided that legendary rock band LED ZEPPELIN did not steal the opening to its classic anthem “Stairway to Heaven” from a tune by the band SPIRIT, NBC NEWS reports.

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Jury to decide whether ‘Stairway to Heaven’ riff is lifted

Starting on Tuesday, a Los Angeles court will try to decide whether the members of Led Zeppelin themselves ripped off the riff.

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Artists Join Together To Protest YouTube Royalty Payments

Which of your favorite recording artists is signing THIS petition to reform the DMCA (DIGITAL MILLENNIUM COPYRIGHT ACT) in the U.S.?

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Led Zeppelin can exit ‘Stairway’ suit for $1

Lawyers suing members of rock supergroup Led Zeppelin say their client is willing to settle a lawsuit over the band’s most famous song.

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‘Stairway to Heaven’ copyright case cleared for trial

Where does an influential rock band like Led Zeppelin draw the line between “inspiration” and outright copyright infringement?

A trial is needed to determine if Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven” copies its opening notes from a song performed by the rock band Spirit, a federal judge has ruled.

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A MUST READ FOR ALL DJs/MIXERS

Apple Music To Stream DJ Mixes, Unofficial Remixes, Mashups

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Musonomics Podcast Looks At The Use Of Music In Presidential Campaigns

How do presidential candidates use music as a campaign tool — and what happens when music is misused by their campaigns? Those questions are addressed by NYU STEINHARDT MUSIC BUSINESS’ LARRY MILLER, who hosts the podcast “Musonomics.”MILLER tells ALL ACCESS that in the lastes episode, “we take a trip back in time to look at how music has been used in American presidential campaigns from WASHINGTON to OBAMA and beyond, with lessons from the current election cycle and plenty …

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