Music Publisher Settles Copyright Skirmish Over Guthrie Classic
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San Francisco, CA - Music publisher Ludlow Music, Inc., has officially backed down on its threats against web animation studio JibJab Media Inc.
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The music industry group dangles fat settlement offers in front of 50 Ohio University students who face lawsuits for allegedly sharing music illegally. By the Associated Press.
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The U.S. Supreme Court has set March 29 as the date for oral arguments on whether companies providing peer-to-peer file trading software should be held responsible for copyright infringement committed by users of their products. The arguments are part of a long-playing case pitting a cadre of entertainment industry players against distributors of the Grokster and Morpheus file trading software. The p-to-p companies have already won in district court and again last August when the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Grokster, Morpheus distributor StreamCast Networks, and a site operated by StreamCast called Musiccity.com were not liable for copyright violations by their users. The entertainment companies, led by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), decided to appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, saying there are seminal issues at stake. The Supreme Court is expected to issue an opinion by the end of July.
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By Eric Pfanner  A copyright dispute between Google and a group of publishers in Belgium escalated Friday as the Internet search engine defied a court order to publish an earlier decision in the case on its Belgian Web sites.
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Wednesday was the first day in the life of a new Central License Agreement for music copyright holders throughout Europe. Now, license authorities and music publishers have agreed to dismantle their "home territories" and recognize each other's copyrights. Is this the prototype for the EU's new single software patent authority?
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By Eric Pfanner  The two warring Apples - one makes computers and iPods, the other manages The Beatles' business interests - said Monday that they let it be, ending a long-running trademark fight over their shared name.
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Engadget.com has resolved a dispute with the software giant over proprietary content.
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Documents belonging to Bing Crosby's business associates can be released in a row over royalties, a court rules.
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update The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers announced Monday that it has reached a $1.7 billion deal with the Radio Music License Committee to let stations legally stream their on-air content over the Internet.
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Apple Inc. and the Beatles ended their dispute over rights to use the Apple name and logos, potentially clearing the way for the company to distribute the group's music through its iTunes online store.
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Media & professional: Basic agreement reached over editorial independence but price yet to be settled.
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The eight percenters A long-running digital music royalties spat between record companies and organisations collecting on artists' behalf has been settled.â¦
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iPod maker Apple Inc.  said on  Monday it has settled a disagreement with The Beatles' company  Apple Corps Ltd. over the use of the brand, in a new deal that  now gives the computer maker control of the name.
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This song is my song, this song is your song. That's the agreement reached between the publishers of Woody Guthrie's classic "This Land is Your Land" and JibJab Media, creators of an animated Internet short that uses the tune in a comic sendup of President Bush and Sen. John Kerry's presidential campaigns.
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The two companies said they had agreed to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit over a portable music player sold by XM that enables users to make digital copies of music.
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Peer-to-peer site will pay $30 million to settle a copyright infringement lawsuit.
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By GRAHAM BROUGH  THE Beatles are poised for a huge revival after a deal yesterday paved the way for their songs to be downloaded for the first time.   iPod makers Apple Inc settled a 25-year trademark battle with Beatles record company Apple Corps over the use of the name.