“Happy Together” – The Ninth Circuit Plays the Golden Oldies of Copyright Law
The IP Law Blog
AUGUST 26, 2021
The crux of the case turned on the meaning of the phrase, “exclusive ownership,” which the California legislature used in California’s copyright statute in 1872. The parties settled before trial and SiriusXM agreed to pay for past performances of pre-1972 recordings in exchange for a license to use those recordings until 2028.
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