{"id":4825,"date":"2014-12-03T06:00:43","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T06:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/skylight.gr\/administrator_wordpress\/index.php\/2014\/12\/03\/new-york-court-delivers-third-strike-against-sirius-xm-on-pre-1972-sound-recordings\/"},"modified":"2014-12-03T06:00:43","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T06:00:43","slug":"new-york-court-delivers-third-strike-against-sirius-xm-on-pre-1972-sound-recordings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2014\/12\/03\/new-york-court-delivers-third-strike-against-sirius-xm-on-pre-1972-sound-recordings\/","title":{"rendered":"New York Court Delivers Third Strike Against Sirius XM On Pre-1972 Sound Recordings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"normal\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/en\/thumb\/5\/5f\/Siriustuner.jpg\/200px-Siriustuner.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" height=\"99\" \/><br \/>SoundExchange applauds The Turtles for yet another  victory in the fight to protect their rights to-and the value of-their  pre-1972 sound recordings. For the third time in two months, a court has  ruled that pre-1972 sound recordings enjoy a public performance right  under state law, and that digital radio services may not use those  recordings without permission and without compensation.   <!--more-->  <br \/> Sirius XM has argued in numerous forums that there is no public  performance right implicated when it uses pre-72 sound recordings  protected by state law. Joining decisions in California federal and  state courts, the United States District Court for the Southern District  of New York unequivocally rejected Sirius XM&#8217;s arguments, concluding  that Sirius XM infringed upon The Turtle&#8217;s common law copyright and  engaged in unfair competition. (Read the ruling here.) <\/p>\n<p> &#8220;With the court in New York delivering a third strike against Sirius XM  for its infringement of pre-72 recordings, we have to ask: How many  rulings will it take until Sirius XM does the right thing?  It was clear  from the start that denying fair payment to legacy artists was wrong as  a matter of fairness and justice. This decision confirms that Sirius  XM&#8217;s conduct is also wrong as a matter of law,&#8221; said SoundExchange  President and CEO Michael Huppe.<\/p>\n<p> &#8220;With the RESPECT Act, Congress offered Sirius XM and other digital  radio services an easy and efficient answer to get the rights that three  courts have now confirmed they need. But Sirius XM opposes the  legislation on the grounds that other inequities against artists persist  elsewhere in the law. That is no excuse to avoid fixing this glaring  problem. Congress should ensure fair treatment for legacy artists whose  rights Sirius XM is routinely violating. In the face of these decisions,  we shouldn&#8217;t allow justice to be postponed any longer,&#8221; said Huppe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"normal\">Source: <\/span><br \/><span class=\"normal\">SoundExchange<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SoundExchange applauds The Turtles for yet another victory in the fight to protect their rights&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-music-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4825"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4825\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}