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Our round up of legal battles, courtroom drama, copyright disputes and everything else.
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ABBA’s Agnetha didn’t really sing backing vocals for Daniel O’Donnell: Irish collecting societies face off in court over dodgy data and disputed deductions public
RAAP • 4 min read

ABBA’s Agnetha didn’t really sing backing vocals for Daniel O’Donnell: Irish collecting societies face off in court over dodgy data and disputed deductions

Ten years ago Irish performer collecting society RAAP sued label collecting society PPI, claiming it was inappropriately deducting money from payments due to performers. After a detour via EU courts, the dispute is now in the Irish High Court, with allegations of dodgy data being made by both sides…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
US Supreme Court can’t overturn landmark termination rights ruling, because too many judges have book deals with BMG sister company Penguin Random House public
Termination Right • 5 min read

US Supreme Court can’t overturn landmark termination rights ruling, because too many judges have book deals with BMG sister company Penguin Random House

An attempt by the major music publishers and BMG to persuade the US Supreme Court to overturn a landmark songwriter-friendly termination rights ruling has failed, because of BMG’s involvement. Basically, too many Supreme Court judges have published books with BMG sister company Penguin Random House…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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