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Illegal file-sharing has the greatest impact on the lowly songwriter
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Illegal file-sharing has the greatest impact on the lowly songwriter

Digital Downloads, Music Publishing, RIAA

Illegal file-sharing has the greatest impact on the lowly songwriter

A decade’s worth of music file-sharing and swiping has made clear that the people it hurts are the creators... and the people this reverse Robin Hooding benefits are rich service providers, whose swollen profits perfectly mirror the lost receipts of the music business. -Bono (New York Times, January 2010) March 11, 2011. The passage of the [...]

By Barry Neil Shrum, Esq.|2021-04-02T15:47:38-05:00March 24th, 2011|Digital Downloads, Music Publishing, RIAA|Comments Off

French Court Finds Google Liable and Refused to Apply Safe Harbor Provisions of The Law of Confidence in the Digital Economy

The search engine giant Google, known for its colorful name and creative endeavors, has been convicted in French Court of infringing the copyrights of four artistic works and now faces fines upwards of $600,000, not including legal costs and attorneys fees. The plaintiffs in the case was made up of four entities who owned the [...]

By Barry Neil Shrum, Esq.|2017-07-20T17:44:06-05:00March 18th, 2011|Copyright Issues, RIAA|Comments Off