Due Diligence Licensing Music 
Patently-O
FEBRUARY 20, 2024
By Dennis Crouch and Timothy Knight* The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on February 21 in an important copyright case – Warner Chappell Music v. The case now before the Supreme Court arose when Sherman Nealy’s collaborator licensed their co-created songs without Nealy’s permission (while Nealy was incarcerated).
Technology & Marketing Law Blog
MAY 15, 2024
Warner Chappell Music, Inc. Under the “discovery rule,” the limitations period begins to run when “the plaintiff discovers, or with due diligence should have discovered, the injury that forms the basis for the claim.” Warner Chappell Music, Inc. , to license works from the Music Specialist catalog.
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IPilogue
OCTOBER 4, 2022
Kelis has no legal ground to stand on but her quarrel with Beyoncé illuminates a prominent and recurring issue in the music industry. And when that man says, ‘Music has value,’ he means its value is beholden to men who had no part in creating it.”
The IPKat
JUNE 18, 2024
During this period, Mr. Nealy was not involved in the music industry as he was serving a prison sentence. Meanwhile, Flo Rida’s song already gained significant popularity and was licensed for use in several popular television programs, including "So You Think You Can Dance.”
Patently-O
MAY 9, 2024
By Dennis Crouch and Timothy Knight On May 9, 2024, the Supreme Court issued its opinion in Warner Chappell Music v. ” For those of you who have not been following the case, the Plaintiff Sherman Nealy, a music producer, helped create musical works in the 1980s with his collaborator, Tony Butler. .” Nealy , No.
Velocity of Content
JUNE 22, 2022
A global audience of Standards Development Organizations (SDOs) explored how collective licensing can support SDOs as they meet customer needs today and into the future. In addition, for several decades and in many parts of the world, there has been a vibrant collective licensing model in operation for secondary rights.
IP Intelligence
JUNE 3, 2024
In 1983, Sherman Nealy and Tony Butler formed a music label, Music Specialist Inc. Music Specialist), that recorded and released several singles, but their collaboration dissolved in 1986. In 2008, unbeknownst to Nealy, Butler entered into an agreement with Warner Chappell Music Inc. 1] The U.S.
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