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Copyrights Entertainment and Sports Law Litigation

Usher Song Credit Suit Outcome; Suit Over Led Zeppelin Song Gets Retrial 

A man claiming to have been cheated out of credit for writing a song that was eventually recorded by R&B star Usher won a more than $40 million judgment in a combined verdict and settlement against two men he co-wrote the song with. And the copyright case against Led Zeppelin by the band Spirit over "Stairway to Heaven" will return for an encore after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit called for a retrial.

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