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The Richard H. Chambers Courthouse, home of the Ninth Circuit. (Courthouse News photo / Bill Girdner)
(CN) An attorney for members of the band The Turtles told the Ninth Circuit on Monday that satellite radio broadcaster Sirius XM Radio has “cannibalized” record sales by skirting royalties for decades.
Sirius XM says in court papers it follows federal copyright law in that it digitally broadcasts tens of thousands of recordings it has acquired legally. In exchange for playing the songs, the company pays royalties to owners of musical compositions, just as any FM radio broadcaster or sporting arena has for decades.
But the company also says that just like any entity that broadcasts or “performs” music for the public, it hasn’t paid royalties to owners of sound recordings.
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Netflix Beats Attys Defamation Suit Over Panama Papers Film
Law360 (December 23, 2020, 9:20 PM EST) Netflix dodged claims on Wednesday that it defamed attorneys from the defunct firm Mossack Fonseca in its movie The Laundromat about the Panama Papers scandal, after a California federal judge ruled that the streaming giant is protected by state First Amendment law.
U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall said Jürgen Mossack and Ramon Fonseca s suit, which contends that the 2019 film portrays them as flamboyant lawyers involved in a variety of criminal acts including tax evasion, should be dismissed under the California Anti-SLAPP statute. The law s purpose is to bring an early end to litigation that aims to curb public participation,.