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There was much harmony along with a few discordant notes as an en banc panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit took up the copyright case involving Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway to Heaven.” All the judges who spoke during oral arguments in Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin, 16-56057, seemed to agree that sheet music deposited with the U.S. Copyright Office, not a sound recording of it, defines the scope of copyright for a musical work governed by the 1909 Copyright Act. That prompted bitter protests from Francis Malofiy, the attorney representing the estate of Randy Wolfe (p/k/a Randy California), which alleges that Led Zeppelin copied Wolfe’s 1967 song “Taurus” when the group wrote “Stairway to Heaven.”
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By Stan Soocher
In a case of first impression, the Eleventh Circuit decided that a copyright plaintiff may recover damages that occur more than three years before a copyright lawsuit is filed.
Nugent Photo Copyright Dispute Offers Appellate Look at Post-Warhol Fair-Use Analysis
By Avalon Zoppo
The Fourth Circuit ruled that a copyright infringement claim against a news site, for using a photo of musician Ted Nugent without credit, could proceed, one of the first federal appellate decisions interpreting the U.S. Supreme Court’s most recent iteration of the fair use test.
By Entertainment Law & Finance Staff
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King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano Sued for Malpractice Over Representation of Sublime Band
By Entertainment Law & Finance Staff
Notable recent court filings in entertainment law.