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  Practical Impact of D.C. Circuit’s Ruling on Foreign Broadcasters and Copyright Liability

  By Scott D. Locke and Laura-Michelle Horgan

  Broadcasters around the globe know that Americans want access to digital content and that they often ignore who provides it to them. For business reasons, tax reasons or to try to avoid liability under copyright law, many of these broadcasters intentionally do not set up operations in the United States. However, when these broadcasters transmit content for which they do not have authorization, they may be in violation of the copyright holder’s rights.

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  Arbitration Impact on Attorney Fees and Film Company Principal

  By Stan Soocher

  The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed a district court’s award of attorney fees to Sony Corp. under §505 of the Copyright Act for winning a ruling that a lawsuit over a Sony Music songwriting contest should be sent to arbitration.

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  Commentary: ‘Thin’ vs. ‘Broad’ Protection for Music Works

  By Dr. Dariush Adli

  The hotly disputed legal issue between the majority and dissent in the recent, highly-publicized “Blurred Lines” decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit concerned whether Marvin Gaye’s 1976 hit song “Got to Give it Up” was entitled to “broad” or “thin” copyright protection.

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  Commentary: Smaller Space for Innovation Leads to More Infringement Suits

  By Christopher J. Buccafusco

  Pop musicians may be running out of creative space. And this problem is being exacerbated by the behaviors of what we might call the “legacy” interests — parties who own copyright interests in already-created songs but who won’t be making any new music.

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