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A guide to the basics of internet streaming and digital media legal issues - David Oxenford presentations to the Texas Association of Broadcasters

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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August 16 2010

So you want to start streaming your radio station on the Internet?

Most webcasters need to file with SoundExchange minimum fees and many need a Notice of Election of Webcaster Settlement Act rates, all by January 31

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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January 26 2011

Each year, we remind webcasters about their obligations under various settlment agreements entered into with SoundExchange and under CRB decisions to make minimum payments and, in some cases, to file a Notice of Election to be covered under certain negotiated rates - all due by January 31

Federal court says no to internet retransmission; Section 111 compulsory license does not permit internet broadcasting without compliance with federal regulations

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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February 22 2011

A federal district court today granted a preliminary injunction prohibiting the mere retransmission of broadcast television programs over the Internet, without more

Apple iTunes gets the Beatles - why internet radio had them all along

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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November 16 2010

The big news in the music world this week is that Apple finally is able to sell digital downloads of the Beatles catalog in its iTunes music store

Another royalty payment for webcasters? EMI withdraws from ASCAP for new media licensing

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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May 8 2011

Just as webcasters thought that they had their royalty obligations figured out, there comes news that the already complicated world of digital media royalties may well become more complicated

Beware of killer apps: platform provider liability for third-party apps (and the availability of online safe harbors)

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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June 13 2011

Apple’s iPhone may currently be the most popular platform for which third parties can develop software applications, but it has growing company from Google, RIM, and others

New York Court of Appeals rules that “situs of the injury” of digital piracy is the copyright owner’s place of business, helping New York content providers battle infringement

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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April 7 2011

On March 24, 2011, the New York Court of Appeals issued a decision which should be a boon to New York publishers and other on-line content providers who seek to sue (and deter) online pirates of their copyrighted works

The debate over Sirius' attempt to directly license music - SoundExchange once said a marketplace negotiation to adjust for high rates "was to be expected"

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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November 8 2011

There have been many reports about the attempts by Sirius XM Radio to license music directly from record labels, bypassing any royalty rates set by the Copyright Royalty Board

Beware - music use in podcasts, downloads and on-demand streams is not covered by your SoundExchange royalties

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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July 21 2011

Broadcasters beware - podcasts with music may be dangerous to your economic health

The Aereo and ReDigi decisions: courts continue to wrestle with the application of copyright law to the redistribution of digital content

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
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USA
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April 9 2013

A series of recent decisions in the Second and Ninth Circuitsincluding Viacom v. YouTube and UMG v. Veoh (both dealing with the distribution