Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports,
Civil Litigation,
California Supreme Court,
9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Oct. 15, 2020
Supreme Court sings swan song to Led Zeppelin suit
After a silly season of song suits, we may be returning to the tradition of standing on giants’ shoulders, borrowing words or music from those coming before, to create something new, useful or pleasurable.
Bill Hochberg
Partner
Rosenfeld, Meyer & Susman LLP
Music legend Burt Bacharach once said U.S. courts are no place to decide music copyright infringement cases. Speaking to a U.K. audience on BBC Radio in 2017, Bacharach said he saw too many tone-deaf juries fundamentally misunderstanding music and judges not getting it right either. (Coauthor Bill Hochberg was also interviewed during this segment of "5 Live -- Up All Night.") But following recent rulings in favor of successful composers and music publishers, including...
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