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Royalties
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The Right Coast
Taylor Swift Criticism Spurs Apple to Change Royalties Policy – The New York Times
In a letter posted Sunday morning to her Tumblr page, called To Apple, Love Taylor, Ms. Swift addressed a situation that had begun to send shock waves through the music…
CommLawBlog
In Search for Copyright Relief, Pandora Opens Box of Ownership Requirements
By FHH Law
This is the story of how Pandora, in an effort to cut its copyright royalty costs, managed to saddle itself with a complex array of ownership reporting requirements designed by…
The Contingency
Hottest Oil & Gas Claims, Part 4: Flaring Gas
Blawgletter offers the fourth installment in the seven-part series on the Hottest Oil & Gas Claims for 2015. This time, we address whether flaring gas qualifies as "use" on which the…
Energy & the Law
A Lesson in Lease Administration
Co-Author Brooke Sizer What must a Louisiana lessee do to avoid statutory penalties for non-payment of royalty, and what must a royalty owner do to put the lessee on notice that royalties are not…
CommLawBlog
Flo and Eddie’s Next Victim: Pandora
By FHH Law
Flo and Eddie win again, this time against Pandora. But Pandora doesn't go down without a fight.
Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Duke Ellington’s Estate Loses Royalty Battle
The estate of jazz musician and band leader Duke Ellington lost its appeal in the New York State Court of Appeals. The Ellington heirs were appealing the dismissal of their…
Broadcast Law Blog
Court of Appeals Upholds Copyright Royalty Board Decision on Sirius XM and Music Choice Royalties
A decision by the US Court of Appeals on the appeal of the Copyright Royalty Board decision as to the Sirius XM and Music Choice royalties for the public performance…
The Contingency
Annals of Oil and Gas: “Free of All Costs and Expenses” Clause in Lease Applies If No Costs Exist
Big victory for big oil . . . and big gas The Fifth Circuit handed a large win today to oil and gas lessees in the Lone Star State. The…
Retail Patent Litigation
Measuring the Cost of Patents: Smartphone Royalty Stacking
Ann Armstrong (Vice President and Assistant General Counsel for Intel Corp.), and Joseph J. Mueller and Timothy D. Syrett (WilmerHale) recently released a working version of their article, The Smartphone…
Canada-U.S. Blog
Play in Again Sam – CBSA Updates Royalties and License Fees Memoranum
On January 14, 2014, the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) issued a revised version of D-Memo D-13-4-9 "Royalties and License Fees". The revisions do not involve extensive changes to the…