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CourtsDrake Files RICO Case Against His Own Record Label After Being Musically Curb Stomped By Pulitzer Winning West Coast Rapper
‘The audience not dumb. Shape the story how you want -- hey Drake, they're not slow.’ - Kendrick Lamar -
MoneyEight Billion Dollars? A Lawsuit Over EIGHT BILLION DOLLARS?!
Crime pays, but with prices like these, where is the nearest studio? 
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Intellectual Property'Copyright Is Hard' Defense Is Biggest Joke Surrounding Comedian Lawsuits Against Pandora
Spoken word albums don't get the same copyright respect... not because copyright doesn't apply, but because people are lazy.
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Intellectual PropertySpotty Financials: Streaming Services And Copyright Damages
Content-streaming services are raking in cash, but it is not yet entirely clear what happens when some of that cash is ill-gotten, say as a result of copyright infringement. -
Intellectual PropertyMusicans Drop Holiday Hurt On Spotify With Copyright Infringement Case
It will be fascinating to see how aggressively Spotify attacks in litigation the very artists whose work its service relies on and celebrates. -
Intellectual PropertyIt's A Wrap: What To Expect From The Copyright Wars In 2018
Here’s hoping that 2018 will be a year of creation, collaboration, and lawful monetization. -
Morning DocketMorning Docket: 01.04.16
* In his annual report on the state of the federal judiciary, Chief Justice John Roberts asked that lawyers stop treating each other like garbage and do their best to “avoid antagonistic tactics, wasteful procedural maneuvers and teetering brinksmanship.” [New York Times]
* Justice Antonin Scalia, the Supreme Court’s “lightning rod for controversy,” recently said during a small speaking engagement that the government not only can, but should, support religion. After all, “God had been very good to us.” [AP]
* Albany Law’s dean says don’t believe the horror stories you hear about law school, especially since “[t]his is a really good time to apply.” It’s worth noting that she wasn’t able to pay off her loans until she was a tenured law professor. [Albany Times Union]
* The Arkansas Law (Little Rock) professor who’s suing his school over access to public records has added a retaliation claim to his complaint thanks to the “allegations of two rogue, race-baiting professors.” Ooh, that sounds juicy! [Arkansas Democrat Gazette]
* Is your favorite music streaming service screwing your favorite musicians out of their hard-earned cash? Spotify may soon be facing yet another multimillion-dollar class-action lawsuit over artists’ royalty payments (or the lack thereof) in 2016. [Billboard]
* Michael G. Oxley, co-sponsor of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, RIP. [New York Times]
