In May 2024, the Supreme Court determined that the US Copyright Act entitles a copyright owner to obtain money damages for any timely filed infringement claim, no matter when the infringement occurred. The three-year statute of limitations begins when the claim accrues. But there is...
By David Jacob Darlene Love v Google Are Publicity Rights Needed in Addition to Master & Sync Licenses? A recent lawsuit filed on behalf of Darlene Love against Google and its ad agency, 72 & Sunny, may have far-reaching implications on long-standing music licensing practices. When ad agencies...
By Marc Jacobson, Esq., Greenberg Traurig, New York Office July 2002 The U.S. Librarian of Congress, James H. Billington, waved his proverbial wand and settled the hotly-debated issue of what the rates and terms for webcasting and ephemeral recordings should be in the United States. On May...