Another illustrative Ninth Circuit case is Three Boys Music Corp. v. Bolton.110 In Three Boys Music, while infringement was found based on a combination of five unprotectable elements, …
See Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records, Inc., 780 F. Supp. 182, 183-85 (S.D.N.Y. 1991). The singer/songwriter and pianist Gilbert O’Sullivan sued the rapper Biz Markie and his ...
Music series, with the difference being that Top of the Pops consisted of cover versions by anonymous session bands and singers, rather than the original versions. Even at the
enforcement. Is it practical? In the 1991 landmark case, Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records, Inc., the Southern District of New York made the first sweeping rules regarding …
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3 Chuck Phillips, Songwriter Wins Large Settlement in Rap Suit, L.A. TIMES, Jan. 11992, at F1 (quoting counsel for plaintiff in Grand Upright Music Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records, Inc.). 4 …
effort to find a legal home for mashups, many commentators, including Gillis,6 have attempted to shield mashups by applying a "quasi-parody" analysis7 under the affirmative defense of fair …