By: Allison Nickerson Social media and music operate in tandem; platforms now serve many purposes for artists including marketing and promoting their music. New artists are able to use social media platforms to market themselves more efficiently due to the affordable nature and global reach of social media. Platforms such as Instagram and YouTube allow… Read More Universal Music Group Silencing the Music
By: Lily Keene Increasingly, digital products are now a part of everyday life, opening the door to a new era of marketing. With the growing popularity of social media platforms, many companies have shifted to various forms of digital marketing, including using social media “influencers” to curate promotional content for their brands. Utilizing TikTok trends… Read More Vicarious Copyright Infringement Through Social Media Marketing
Copyright professors recently filed an Amicus brief calling for the 2nd Circuit Court to over turn a ruling that could alter the course of copyright law and specifically how the first sale doctrine protects the sale of music.
… Read More Turning Tables on Copyright Law: The Potential Impact of Capitol Records, LLC v. RiDigi Inc.
By: Mayra Neimerck The “Blurred Lines” legal drama that began in August 2013 has finally come to its legal end. A federal jury ruled that Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams’s smash hit had infringed on the copyright of Marvin Gaye’s 1977 song “Got to Give It Up,” and subsequently awarded more than $7.3 million to… Read More “Blurred Lines” Copyright Case: Should it be Reversed?
Written By: Ben Feilich Hip hop artist Lil Wayne, born Dwayne Michael Carter, Jr., is suing his record label, Cash Money Records, Inc., in U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York for breach of contract, among other things, alleging damages in the amount of $51,000,000 (fifty-one million). The complaint entails eight causes of… Read More “A Milli?” More Like 51 ‘Milli:’ Lil Wayne Suing His Label, Cash Money, for $51M
By: Nicole Cocozza Is music art? In a recent TIME article, Taylor Swift (“Swift), an American singer, answers in the affirmative. Swift states, “Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable.” Such opinion is what led Swift from pulling all her music from Spotify. Spotify is a popular… Read More Shake It Off -Taylor Swift v. Spotify
POSTED BY Rebecca Rubin Perhaps taking note of U2’s largely undesirable infiltration of users’ iTunes accounts with their recent album release, Radiohead front-man, Thom Yorke, turned to the controversial BitTorrent platform to debut his newest solo record. In his swift attempt to appeal to the public’s infatuation with digital media, Yorke has successfully garnered over… Read More BitTorrent release of “Tomorrow’s Modern Boxes”: Unleashing data piracy concerns?
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