Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports
Jun. 8, 2017
Courts appear happy together on sound recordings
High courts in California, New York and Florida are all considering the performance rights that exist for pre-1972 recordings. So far, it looks to be a losing battle at the state level for pre-1972 artists.
Delia Ramirez
Of Counsel
Hakimi Law, PC.
5500 Eucalyptus Dr Apt 831
American Canyon , CA 94503-1178
Phone: (415) 255-4503
Email: delia@hakimilaw.com
Golden Gate Univ SOL
LEGAL ENTERTAINMENT
Balancing the entertainment industry with a recording musician's interests concerning the legal rights for a sound recording remains to be difficult to this day. As technology evolves faster than copyright law, the federal Copyright Act did not originally protect sound recordings. The law finally recognized sound recordings in 1971 when Congress passed an amendment adding the defi...
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