(Companion post to “Do You Know What’s Happening on Your Network? Copyright Infringement.”) A number of organizations, such as the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Chilling Effects, keep watch on what they consider overly aggressive policing of rights on the Internet by owners of copyrights and trademarks. Lately, a couple of extremely irate attorneys have taken… Continue Reading
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BMI Strikes Again, Brings Music Licensing Lawsuit Against Kirkland Restaurant
Posted in Music Licensing/CopyrightBroadcast Music, Inc. (BMI) filed suit against the Lake Street Bar & Grill in Kirkland and its individual owners on October 20, 2010, alleging four counts of willful copyright infringement for “unauthorized public performance of musical compositions in BMI’s repertoire.” BMI asked the court for statutory damages—not BMI’s proven lost revenue, but damages that the… Continue Reading