Music Royalties
Leonard Williams (Tower of Power) filed a class action against Warner Music Group, claiming it uses Hollywood accounting to defraud musicians of royalties from international streaming, in L.A. Superior Court.
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Powers, Edugyan, Johnson Tipped to Win Man Booker Prize
An environmental epic that has been likened to “Moby Dick” for trees, the story of an escaped slave and a powerful debut by a 27-year-old novelist are among favorites to win the Man Booker Prize for fiction on Tuesday.
Read moreGetting Better: Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Named Top Album in UK
The Beatles’ psychedelic masterwork “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” has been named the most popular British album in history.
Read moreTrump Signs Law Guaranteeing Royalties for Pre-1972 Music
President Donald Trump on Thursday signed the Music Modernization Act into law, guaranteeing royalty payments to artists and songwriter for pre-1972 recordings, and increased compensation for works played by streaming services.
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Jose Meza Velasquez brought a $5 million federal complaint over the destruction of his 33-year-old, 86-by-16-foot “Mural de la Raza” on San Jose’s east side. He says 2048 Partners LLC and A7 Story LLC painted over it without notice.
Read moreSotheby’s Accused of Abetting ‘Largest Art Fraud in History’
A Russian billionaire who allegedly overpaid to the tune of $1 billion for his collection of Picassos, da Vincis, Rothkos and Modiglianis ramped up his litigation efforts Tuesday with a suit against Sotheby’s.
Read moreFrench Court Rules Pissarro Painting Belongs to Jewish Heirs
A Paris appeals court has confirmed a ruling ordering an American couple to return a Camille Pissarro painting to the descendants of a Jewish family that owned the art work before it was seized during World War II.
Read more‘Friday the 13th’ Writer Claws Back Copyright to Horror Classic
Taking his own stab at suspenseful prose, a federal judge found Friday that the man who sold the rights to “Friday the 13th” for just over $9,000 in 1979 is entitled to claw back the copyright.
Read moreFrench Singer and Actor Charles Aznavour Dies at Age 94
Charles Aznavour, the French crooner and actor whose performing career spanned eight decades and who seduced fans around the world with his versatile tenor, lush lyrics and kinetic stage presence, has died. He was 94.
Read moreArt Censorship at Capitol Fought at DC Circuit
The D.C. Circuit grappled Friday with whether a student artist suffered discrimination when his contest-winning art was removed from the U.S. Capitol complex.
Read moreWestminster Abbey Gets Hockney-Designed Stained Glass Window
A stained glass window by artist David Hockney, based on a design he sketched on an iPad, was unveiled Wednesday amid the marble and monuments of London’s ancient Westminster Abbey.
Read moreMan at Center of Nobel Sex Scandal Remanded Pending Verdict
The man at the center of a sex abuse and financial crimes scandal that is tarnishing the academy awarding the Nobel Literature Prize was remanded in custody Monday, pending the verdict in his trial.
Read moreAncient Treasures on Show in Germany Reveal Turbulent Past
An arrowhead firmly lodged in the skull of an ancient fallen warrior, a voluptuous woman’s form carved from ivory and the mask of a Roman river god are among more than 1,000 major archaeological discoveries being brought together for the first time.
Read more#Ancient? Crisscrossed Lines Called World’s Oldest Drawing
It looks a bit like a hashtag, but it’s 73,000 years old. And scientists say this tiny sketch found in a South African cave is the oldest known drawing.
Read moreRenoir Unveiled in NY at Emotional Repatriation Ceremony
A painting seized by the Nazis during World War II was returned to its rightful owner Wednesday at a repatriation ceremony in lower Manhattan.
Read moreStudy Finds Growth in Art Events, Drop in Fiction and Movies
Americans are increasingly turning to festivals, musicals and other venues for entertainment, and while large swathes of adults still read fiction or go to the movies, a new study found interest in those art forms is in decline.
Read moreRoyalty Dispute Over NFL Photos Revived by 2nd Circuit
The Second Circuit revived fraud claims Tuesday by Associated Press contributors who have taken photographs at NFL events for what has been nearly a decade.
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