Even Lawyers Make Predictions: Music Laws to Watch in 2017
‘Tis the season, after all, to take stock of all that came before in the god-forsaken year that was 2016
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Music Industry Groups Holding out Hope for Trump
Turns out, not everyone in the entertainment and music world is convinced the US president-elect will be bad for business.
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About Those Consent Decree Battles…DoJ Just Lost a Key Battle
The messy state of affairs pertaining to consent decrees and royalty licensing just got even messier as a court ruled
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Department of Justice Sued for Royalty Ruling
The Songwriters of America are suing the US Department of Justice (DoJ) over the recent contentious ruling about song royalty
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Very Little Consent over Decree Ruling
The dust has started to settle since the US Department of Justice announced, for certain, it would not be making
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Rocked in a bad way: ASCAP, BMI lose antitrust fight
The Department of Justice’s (DoJ) antitrust division on Thursday announced it wouldn’t be modifying the 75-year-old consent decree program that
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ASCAP, BMI Not Resting in Consent Decree Battle
Last week, the US Department of Justice announced it would not be recommending any changes to the consent decrees
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