23 Jan, 2024 French Montana and the Scope of Copyright Protection for Sound Recordings vs. Compositions By Brian Murphy You have to tip your hi-hat to Eddie Lee Richardson, a/k/a Hotwire the Producer, a/k/a the plaintiff in this case. When he was 16 years...
03 Mar, 2023 Could the Everly Brothers' Battle Over Authorship of "Cathy's Clown" be Over (Finally)? By Brian Murphy This is an update to our prior post Forever(ly) Brothers, Forever(ly) Rivals: The Everly Brothers' Epic Battle Over Authorship of...
11 Mar, 2022 Victory is in Katy Perry's Veins: Gray v. Perry Affirmed by CA9 By Brian Murphy The Ninth Circuit has affirmed U.S. District Judge Christina Snyder's "thorough" decision in which she ruled that the song "Dark Horse"...
31 Dec, 2021 Taylor Swift Can't Catch a Break, Break, Break, Break ... By Brian Murphy Taylor Swift just can't ... give it the slip ... skip out on it ... pay no mind to it ... Oh, Jiminy Cricket. I'm just going to say it....