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Royalties
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Wills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
Who will get killer producer Phil Spector’s $50m fortune? Reclusive adopted children from his abusive marriage to Ronnie Spector and his writer daughter are in line for share of ‘the world’s most valuable song catalogue’
Murderer Phil Spector died in prison from coronavirus last week and his four children are in line to receive a portion of Spector's fortune. Spector's net worth is estimated to…
Whitman Legal Solutions Blog
Reimaging Real Estate for the Pandemic and After
Musicians who need cash may comb through their belongings looking for something other than their instrument and music equipment that they can sell. Some musicians have found the answer to…
ContractsProf Blog
Interpretation and Parol Evidence Issues in Quincy Jones Case
In 2013, as we reported here, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame producer Quincy Jones (right) brought suit seeking $30 million from MJJ production. Jones alleged that he was entitled…
Broadcast Law Blog
Another Interim License Extension Offered by GMR to Radio Broadcasters – This Time for a Full Year – An Indication of the Status of the Litigation With RMLC?
The Radio Music License Committee yesterday told members that Global Music Rights (“GMR”), the performing rights organization that began a few years ago to collect royalties for the public performance of…
SALT Shaker
New York Administrative Court (Again) Holds Royalties Received from Foreign Related Parties Cannot be Excluded from Taxable Income
By Jeffrey Friedman, Eversheds Sutherland SALT
On December 19, 2019, the New York Division of Tax Appeals (DTA) held that a corporate taxpayer must include royalties received from foreign affiliates in the computation of its entire…
Essential Patent Blog
Federal Circuit rules SEP owner entitled to jury trial on royalty for past unlicensed use of SEP (TCL v. Ericsson)
By David Long
Today the Federal Circuit vacated Judge Selna's bench trial decision in the much-watched TCL v. Ericsson case, ruling that Ericsson has the right to a jury trial to determine compensation…
Broadcast Law Blog
Performing Rights Organization, Global Music Rights, Sues Entravision for Royalty Payments
Global Music Rights (most commonly known as GMR), the newest of the major performing rights organizations (PROs) licensing public performances of musical compositions, filed a lawsuit against radio operator Entravision…
Broadcast Law Blog
GMR to Offer Commercial Radio Another Extension of Their Interim License – to March 31, 2020 While the Litigation Continues
This week, the Radio Music License Committee issued a press release that states that Global Music Rights (“GMR”), the new performing rights organization that collects royalties for the public performance…
The Traklight Blog
Mechanical Licensing Collective Chosen by USCO to Manage Digital Music Royalties
By Mike Willee
One thing about technological change is that it forces many of our old, dated institutions to update and adapt or risk becoming irrelevant. The internet and the attendant changes it…
Energy & the Law
Texas Supreme Court Clarifies Hyder
Co-author Chance Decker Burlington Resources Oil & Gas Company, LP. v. Texas Crude Energy, LLC et al is another chapter in the back-and-forth over deduction of post-production costs from royalty…