Plagiarism Today
MARCH 22, 2022
First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that Lizzo has reached a settlement with her former collaborators over her hit song Truth Hurts. According to the lawsuit, the trio collaborated with Lizzo in 2017 to create the song, which included an unreleased song entitled Healthy that they had created.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 29, 2023
At an initial conference on January 23, 2023, the parties reached a settlement and asked to dismiss the claim. The picture at issue was taken in 2017, and was registered with the U.S. Copyright Office on July 29, 2017. Prutton claims that Oppenheimer was unreasonable in settlement negotiations.
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MARCH 7, 2022
Before the 1909 Act, the author was required to register the title of the work before publication, as a condition of receiving copyright protection. Under the 1909 Act, an author received a federal statutory copyright merely by publishing the work with proper copyright notice. Gordy , 877 F.3d 3d 1024, 1029-30 (11th Cir.
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