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Termination Right

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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 •
Major publishers tell US Supreme Court they must intervene in termination rights ruling that “threatens the licensing of copyrighted works throughout the world” public
Termination Right • 4 min read

Major publishers tell US Supreme Court they must intervene in termination rights ruling that “threatens the licensing of copyrighted works throughout the world”

The major music publishers and BMG have submitted a new filing with the US Supreme Court in the ongoing termination rights legal battle involving songwriter Cyril Vetter. He recently told the Supreme Court to ignore the publishers’ doomsaying about this case - their new filing has plenty of that…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
Landmark termination rights ruling not the “copyright emergency” music publishers claim, songwriter tells US Supreme Court public
Termination Right • 2 min read

Landmark termination rights ruling not the “copyright emergency” music publishers claim, songwriter tells US Supreme Court

When America’s Fifth Circuit Appeals Court backed a songwriter-friendly interpretation of the termination right in US copyright law, the majors bought the song that prompted that ruling and asked the Supreme Court to intervene. The writer of that song has now urged the top court to not get involved…
Chris Cooke
Chris Cooke •
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