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licensing
…uncertainty in music licensing is similar to plaintiffs asserting ambiguous patents: the possessor of a right whose boundaries are indeterminate can make an offer that cannot be refused. Licensing by…
…and BMI. In addition, the Department has concluded that the existing language of the decrees requires “full-work” licensing, and consequently prohibits so-called “fractional licensing.” This means that for songs with…
…what, and where money goes in music licensing exacerbates efforts to achieve a more competitive music marketplace. It’s hard for a small business to decide whether to accept or refuse…
…blog post, but in this case, I can do it in three words: The FTC won. “Qualcomm’s licensing practices have strangled competition in the CDMA and premium LTE modem chip…
…govern collusive licensing by music publishers, the music market remains very opaque. Some of this complexity is an inescapable result of the fact that every song is governed by two…
…fight is over fractional licensing, or the licensing of only a portion of a song’s copyright. Fractional licensing does not give a licensee the rights to play a song, because…
…not extend to any bilateral business disagreement between two companies regarding proposed licensing terms. These discussions typically pertain to a broader set of questions than just the proposed licensing terms…
…called fractional licensing, and is perfectly legal. The problem is that fractional licensing greatly increases the power of any individual copyright owner, and thus ASCAP and BMI would reasonably be…
…possible in the pre-Internet era. I’ve been working with them a little on licensing and integrating licensing into the platform, and looking a lot at GitHub and looking at things…
…the California Talent Agencies Act on issues such as “occupational licensing” and “regulatory capture.” In short, the ATA and other talent agencies support strong licensing language, claiming it will protect…
