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Eight Mile Style v. Spotify and Harry Fox Agency Amended Complaint
Kerry Muzzey’s Written Testimony to Senate Judiciary
Kerry Muzzey’s Answers to Senators’ Questions for the Record, Senate Judiciary
Emergency Powers of Register of Copyright
Shane McAnally vs. ASCAP Final Award of Arbitration Panel
Why Free Agency Matters: The Coming Changes in Artist Relations (1999)
Wixen v. Pandora Answer by Pandora (Lyricfind)
Tulsi Gabbard v Google Complaint
Wixen Music Publishing v. Pandora Complaint (Lyricfind)
Google Street View Class Action Settlement
Complaint, Estate of Harold Arlen for Stormy Weather and other songs
Song Schedule With Registration Numbers, Arlen Case
March 20, 2019 Draft of European Copyright Directive
Complaint in SoundExchange Lawsuit Against Music Choice
Spotify’s Direct Public Offering Harvard Case Study
Google Buzz Cy Pres Final Order
Artist Organization Letter on Termination Amendment
Cass Sunstein 2010 Memo to White House on Social Media Guidance
2nd Draft of Music Modernization Act 3/22/18 and Adobe compare report of first & second drafts .
CISAC Study on Value Gap by Dr. Stan Liebowitz
[Compare Report] MMA first to second draft
–Equality of governance for songwriters
–Withdraw Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act
–Stop address unknown NOIs and pay retroactive royalties to secretary of state unclaimed property or bank; require Copyright Office to review evidence of search
–Unmatched to be deposited with secretary of state unclaimed property or bank, no market share distributions
–Collective must submit a business plan to committee of DSPs, songwriters, publishers with equal votes
–No retroactive safe harbor for infringement
–Opt out with notice for all US and ex-US copyright owners
–DSPs pre-approve an operating budget for startup costs, no assessment
–CRJs cannot consider costs of collective in setting royalty rates, and cannot be raised in rate proceedings at all
–No safe harbor for willful infringement
Click to access guide-to-doj-ruling-winogradsky-castle1.pdf
The Transparency in Music Licensing and Ownership Act: The Domesday Book Meets A Unicorn
Bluewater Amended Complaint 11-1-17
Spotify Motion for More Definite Statement (no mechanicals)
US v. Artem Vaulin (KickAss Torrents)
BMG Rights v. Cox Transcript Denying EFF Amicus Brief
BMG Response to Cox Rule 28(j) Motion on Packingham
BNA Spotify Settlement Article
Ferrick Class Action Settlement
Five Things Congress Can Do to Stop Mass NOIs
EU Orphan Work Search Criteria
San Bernadino Families v Google et al
Petition for Writ TCA Television Corp et al v McCollum et al (2)
Can Songwriters Demand Answers from CPAs signing statutory royalty certifications?
Complaint, Estate of Nohemi Gonzalez v. Google, Twitter, Facebook
SONA Reply to DOJ Motion to Dismiss
Flo & Eddie Class Settlement with SiriusXM
DOJ Notice of Appeal of Stanton Ruling on 100% Licensing
Judge Stanton’s Ruling on 100% Licensing (against DOJ)
Songwriters of North America et al v. DOJ, Loretta Lynch and Renata B. Hesse
Copyright Office Rejection of DOJ’s Position on 100% Licensing
MIC Coalition Letter to DOJ Lawyer Renata Hesse
Ruling in Kim Dot Com seizure case
BMI’s Premotion Letter to Judge Stanton re Obama Justice Department Ruling on 100% Licensing
Justice Department Ruling on 100% Licensing and Partial Withdrawal
Copyright Office Report Rejecting 100% Licensing
Justice Department Press Release re Microsoft Settlement, Nov. 2001
YouTube _Pushers of Piracy_ by Maria Schneider
Lenz v Universal Music Corp Order and Amended Opinion
Lowery v. Spotify – Motion to Dismiss or Transfer
Lowery v. Spotify – Motion to Strike
Karoline Kramer Gould at California Copyright Conference 2/9/16
Ferrick v Spotify Complaint (Filed 1-8-16)-1
2015.12.09 Stipulation and Proposed Consent Judgment and Permanent Injunction Aurous Case
40 AGs Amicus Supporting Jim Hood Against Google
DATA SET Album Consumption Wk Ending Nov 2
AG Jim Hood’s Subpoena of Google
Google v. Hood Amicus Brief by 11 State Attorneys General
Google v Hood Motion to Dismiss 1-12-15
Transcript Boris Feldman Appearance Chancery Court DE pp 11-12
Complaint BMG Rights and Round Hill Music v Cox Communications
Turtles Opposition to Sirius Appeal CA 031120007391
Flo Eddie v Pandora 031119830737
Turtles NY Memorandum and Order Denying Defendant’s Motion for Summary Judgement
Gmail Litigation Publicly Disclosed Emails
Capitol Records v. Sirius Sirius XM Order Granting Jury Mot
Google Gmail Litigation, Judge Koh’s Order Ruling Against Google’s MSJ GoogleGmailOrder092613
Flo & Eddie v. Sirius XM (Order on MSJ)
Washington Post on Google Influence Peddling
Google Drugs Shareholder Settlment
The Safe Harbor is Not A Loophole
Goldieblox Extension After Superbowl
2013-11-27 (Dkt 26) Civil Minutes – MTD Aimee Mann Ruling
AG Bruning Statement on YouTube
Anurag Dikshit Plea Bargain with US DOJ
Blackburn Deutche Dear Colleague Letter on IRFA
Nebraska and Oklahoma AGs Letter to Google on YouTube Profits from Monetizing Drug, sex club videos
Google Stipulation to Investigate Actions of Google Board Members in Drug Case
How Much Do Artists Earn Online?
“360 Deals and the California Talent Agencies Act: Are Record Labels Procuring Employment” By Erin M. Jacobson, Esq.
Letter from Chairman Kohl to FTC Regarding Eric Schmidt Testimony
Study of Failures of YouTube Content ID
CSPAN Video of Google Antitrust Hearing
Eric Schmidts Written Answers to Sen Cornyn’s Request for the Record
Hilary Clinton Letter re Rogue Sites
Guiliani Associates Online Drug Sales Report 2004
Motion to Dismiss, Google Shareholder Lawsuit
Complaint, Google Shareholder Lawsuit
Google Nonprosecution Agreement with Criminal Division DOJ (the “$500 million deal”)
Unhand that Orphan by Chris Castle and Amy Mitchell
Important Contemporary Copyright Cases
• U.S. v. American Soc. of Composers, Authors, Publishers, 627 F.3d 64 (2d Cir. 2010)
• Viacom Int’l, Inc. v. YouTube, Inc., 718 F. Supp. 2d 514 (S.D.N.Y. 2010) (on appeal)
• Arista Records, LLC v. Launch Media, Inc, 578 F.3d 148 (2d Cir. 2009)
• Arista Records, LLC v. Usenet.com, Inc., 633 F. Supp. 2d 124 (S.D.N.Y. 2009)
• Cartoon Network LP, LLP v. CSC Holdings, Inc., 536 F.3d 121 (2d Cir. 2008), cert. denied 129 S. Ct. 2980 (2009)
• UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Veoh Networks, Inc., 620 F. Supp. 2d 1081 (C.D. Cal. 2008) (on appeal)
• Live Nation Motor Sports, Inc. v. Davis, No. 3:06-CV-276-L, 2007 WL 79311 (N.D. Tex. 2007)
• Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 508 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2007)
• Sony Pictures Home Entm’t Inc. v. Lott, 471 F. Supp. 2d 716 (N.D. Tex. 2007)
• Wall Data Inc. v. Los Angeles Cty. Sheriff’s Dep’t, 447 F.3d 769 (9th Cir. 2006)
• BMG Music v. Gonzalez, 430 F.3d 888 (7th Cir. 2005)
• Marvel Enters., Inc. v. NCSoft Corp., No. CV04-9253 RGKPLAX, WL 878090 (C.D. Cal. 2005)
• Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 545 U.S. 913 (2005)
• In re Aimster Copyright Litigation, 334 F.3d 643 (7th Cir. 2003)
• Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp., 336 F.3d 811 (9th Cir. 2003)
• A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th Cir. 2001)
• Adobe Systems Inc. v. One Stop Micro, Inc., 84 F. Supp. 2d 1086 (N.D. Cal. 2000)
• UMG Recordings v. MP3.com, 92 F. Supp. 2d 349 (S.D.N.Y. 2000)
• Worldwide Church of God v. Philadelphia Church of God, 227 F.3d 1110 (9th Cir. 2000)
• Recording Industry Ass’n of Am. v. Diamond Multimedia Sys. Inc., 180 F.3d 1072 (9th Cir. 1999)
• Hotaling v. Chruch of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 118 F.3d 119 (4th Cir. 1997)
• Fonovisa, Inc. v. Cherry Auction, Inc., 76 F.3d 259 (9th Cir. 1996)
• Gladys Music, Inc. v. Arch Music Co., Inc., 150 U.S.P.Q. 26 (S.D.N.Y 1966)
• American Geophysical Union v. Texaco, Inc., 60 F.3d 913 (2d Cir. 1994)
• Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc., 510 U.S. 569 (1994)
• Sega Enters. Ltd. v. MAPHIA, 857 F. Supp. 679, 687 (N.D. Cal. 1994)
• MAI Sys. Corp. v. Peak Computer, Inc., 991 F.2d 511 (9th Cir. 1993)
• Basic Books, Inv. v. Kinkos Graphics Corp., 758 F. Supp. 1522 (S.D.N.Y. 1991)
• S.O.S., Inc. v. Payday, Inc., 886 F.2d 1081 (9th Cir. 1989)
• Harper & Row Publishers, Inc. v. Nation Enters., 471 U.S. 539 (1985)
• Universal City Studios, Inc. v. Nintendo Co., 615 F. Supp. 838 (S.D.N.Y 1985)
• Sony Corp. of Am. V. Universal City Studios, Inc. 464 U.S. 417 (1984)
Protect IP Act Senate Judiciary Committee version
Lessig, “The Starving Artist Canard”
Eric Schmidt at the Washington Ideas Forum
IPEC 2010 Report on Intellectual Property Enforcement
Rogue Sites 2011: US Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing “Targeting Websites Dedicated to Stealing American Intellectual Property” (archived webcast).
Prepared remarks:
Combined Letters of Labor and Other Organizations
Artist Rights
How Much Do Artists Earn Online?
Creative Commons
2008 Form 990 Schedule of Contributors
“Creative Commons Legal Code Attribution No Derivatives” Circa 2010
“Creative Commons Legal Code Commercial” Circa 2010
“Creative Commons Legal Code WH Gov White House Circa 2010″
Google Piracy
“Targeting Websites Dedicated to Stealing American Intellectual Property” (archived webcast).
Asian European Institute, Case Study on Google
Recent News
FCC Rule and Order on Net Neutrality (FCC 10-201 Dec. 23, 2010)
Web Companies Fear Google Reach–Washington Post
Rivals Say Google Plays Favorites–Wall Street Journal
Website Closures Escalate U.S. War on Piracy
IP Legal
Multimediation–the story of the negotiation between A&M Records and Electronic Arts for the first use of music in videogames
Joint Ownership of Trademarks–IPKat
UK IP Policy
They Wish We All Could Be Californian: The new Tory plan, by Fraser Nelson–Google’s influence in the Cameron-Clegg government in Britain
US Cases
Lenz v. Universal Music Group, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO COMPEL PRODUCTION OF PRIVILEGED DOCUMENTS AND TESTIMONY
EFF:
The dotCommunist Manifesto by Eben Moglen
Current Legislation and Filings
House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing on the Joint Strategic Plan
Commerce Department Filing of Creative Community 12/13/10
Senate Bill S.3804, the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act
House Foreign Affairs Committee Hearing about “Protecting U.S. Intellectual Property Overseas: The Joint Strategic Plan and Beyond” (July 21, 2010) IPEC Espinel and ICE Director Morton testified about ways to protect U.S. intellectual property rights from international infringement.
Creative Community Responds to Committee on Democracy and Technology/EFF/ACLU letter on COICA
U.S. Intellectual Property Strategic Plan
What’s Wrong with ISP Music Licensing? (Castle & Mitchell, ABA Entertainment & Sports Lawyer)
Choruss Hits a Sour Note (Chris Castle and Rick Carnes)
Open Society/Soros Foundation “Internet Blocking” (Paper opposing filtering and ACTA)
Open Society Institute, “Winning the Web”
Chris Castle at Osgoode Hall, Toronto on Voluntary Collective Licensing
Why Free Agency Matters: The Coming Changes in Record Company Artist Relations (2000)
20 Questions for New Artists by Chris Castle and Amy Mitchell
Rick Carnes: Professional Songwriters and the Creative Commons License
The Canadian Bar Association IP Lawyers Letter re “Copyright Policy Recyling”
Music Technology Policy 