Intellectual Property,
Criminal,
Civil Litigation
Sep. 10, 2020
Judge orders radio station owner to jail for failure to cooperate with receiver
Judge Jesus G. Bernal, of the Central District of California, ordered the defendant to pay $1.25 million for copyright infringement and allowed a receiver to sell his stations to pay the judgment.
A federal judge ordered a litigious radio station owner to jail on contempt charges for not cooperating in the sale of his stations to pay a judgment for playing music without paying the licensing fee.
WB Music Corp. sued Edward Stolz II in 2016, claiming multiple stations he owns had been infringing on the company's copyrighted music.
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