Propelled primarily by the sales of 2.5 million copies of the new Harry Potter book, Amazon's profits reach ed the stratosphere in the 3rd fiscal quarter of 2007. The company announced its third-quarter earnings in an online conference call on Tuesday, announcing a profit of $80 million, three times the $19 million it earned in [...]
Leon Russell hits the tour circuit harder than any person I know. He will making several Tennessee appearances close to home in Knoxville, Memphis and then Nashville in the upcoming months, so locals will be able to catch this rare performer and Tennessee treasure. On Saturday, November 3, 2007, Leon will be playing at 9 [...]
On August 16, 2007, Doe No. 28 in the RIAA's action captioned Virgin Records America, Inc. et al. v. Does 1-33 filed a motion to squash the subpoena issued to the University of Tennessee on the grounds that, one, it was unreasonable on its face and, two, it violates his rights under the Family Educational [...]
Back in 1999, my law clerk, J. Eric Crupi and I considered the topic of personal jurisdiction as applied to the Internet. In the resulting Law on the Row article, entitled "Lines in the Virtual Sand." In the original article, Eric concluded that “the boundaries of personal jurisdiction in cyberspace have not been concretely defined, [...]
Fueled in part by its success in Virgin v. Thomas, the RIAA (on behalf of EMI Music, Sony BMG Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group and Warner Music Group) issued a new round of pre-litigation letters to college students across the country Thursday of last week. This is its ninth such round of letters since beginning [...]
Amazon.com, Inc. (Tickler Symbol: AMZN) will hold a conference call on October 23, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. ET to discuss its 2007 third quarter financial results. This announcement has tremendous relevance for those of us interested in the commercial viability of digital sales and downloads of DRM-free music -- since Amazon launched its online music [...]
There is a very well written blog entry by McQuinn on the blog MCQESQ entitled The Future of the Music Industry. You can read the article in its entirety here, and it is well worth the effort. It attempts with acute perception and finesse to dispel the rampant rumors that the music industry conglomerates are [...]
On Monday, Jammie Thomas’ attorney, Brian Toder, filed a motion asking that the judge set a new trial to determine damages or, in the alternative, for a remittitur. Thomas is the woman who was recently found guilty of copyright infringement as a result of which the Plaintiff was awarded $222,000. The Federal Rules of Civil [...]
This article originally appear in the print edition of Law on the Row, Volume 2, Issue 1 on September 9, 2002. Imagine two musical works written in a minor key using a standard jazz progression such as I-IV-II-V. Further imagine that Work B is alleged to be an infringement of Work A. The author of [...]
On Thursday, October 5th, Billboard magazine will release its 2nd Annual “Women in Music” issue which honors the top 20 women in music. The list will be revealed at a special breakfast for the honorees at The Core Club in New York. In conjunction with delivering the keynote speech at the breakfast, Music Row’s own [...]
