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Intellectual Property

Oct. 13, 2012

Music publishers win copyright damages over song lyrics posted online

In what is being touted as a milestone victory, a group of music publishers won $6.6 million in damages - plus attorney fees - for song lyrics posted online by the California-based website host LiveUniverse, Inc.


By Rachel Swan


Daily Journal Staff Writer


In what is being touted as a milestone victory, a group of music publishers won $6.6 million in damages - plus attorney fees - for song lyrics posted online by the California-based website host LiveUniverse, Inc.


Paul M. Fakler, a partner at Arent Fox LLP, said it's one of the first instances of copyright of lyrics alone being enforced on the Internet. Another Arent Fox partner, Ross J. Charap said...

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