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Civil Rights Entertainment 

Peter, Paul and Mary

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 BRIEF
celebrity, musicians, rape, Rock and Roll

Including a photo of her teenage self posing with the Peter, Paul and Mary star, Deborah Martin claims in court that Peter Yarrow raped her in 1969.

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Business Entertainment Media 

Heirs of Bob Dylan Collaborator Want Cut of $300M Catalog Sale

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 JOSH RUSSELL
history, Music, Rock and Roll, Royalties

One month after Bob Dylan sold off his entire songwriting catalog for an estimated $300 million, the wife of an erstwhile collaborator of Dylan’s during his iconic mid-’70s Rolling Thunder Revue period brought a lawsuit on Wednesday for outstanding royalties.

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Appeals Entertainment 

En Banc Ninth Circuit Sides With Led Zeppelin in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Fight

March 9, 2020March 10, 2020 NATHAN SOLIS
Copyright, Music, Ninth Circuit, Rock and Roll

Led Zeppelin will not have to face a jury a second time to answer whether they lifted the opening riff to their rock epic “Stairway to Heaven” from another song after the en banc Ninth Circuit ruled Monday that the rock legends did not infringe the little-known song’s copyright.

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Arts Entertainment 

Ginger Baker, Cream’s Volatile Drummer, Dies at 80

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Music, obituary, Rock and Roll

Ginger Baker, the volatile and propulsive drummer for Cream and other bands who wielded blues power and jazz finesse and helped shatter boundaries of time, tempo and style in popular music, died Sunday at 80, his family said.

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Arts Entertainment 

Rock and Roll

September 25, 2019September 26, 2019 BRIEF
Copyright, Music, Photography, Rock and Roll

Rock and roll photographer Neil Zlozower claims Gibson Brands (guitars) used his copyrighted photo of Eddie Van Halen without permission, in federal court.

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Arts Entertainment International 

Getting Better: Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Named Top Album in UK

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
history, Music, Rock and Roll, United Kingdom

The Beatles’ psychedelic masterwork “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” has been named the most popular British album in history.

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Entertainment 

New York Punk Rockers Take Dispute to Court

May 30, 2018May 30, 2018 JOSH RUSSELL
eldStories, Music, Rock and Roll, Trademark

Feuding bandmates from New York City’s 1980s hardcore punk scene have taken a long-running trademark beef from the streets to federal court. 

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Entertainment 

Rock Band

March 9, 2018March 12, 2018 BRIEF
Music, Rock and Roll, Trademark

Classic rock band Grand Funk Railroad filed a federal lawsuit accusing its former frontman of using the band’s trademarks without permission to promote his upcoming solo tour.

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Appeals Entertainment 

Rock Legend Bill Graham’s Sons Lose Renewed Estate Fight

December 13, 2017December 21, 2017 MARIA DINZEO
eldCelebrity, Ninth Circuit, probate, Rock and Roll

The sons of legendary concert promoter Bill Graham cannot prove their rights to concert posters and other San Francisco Bay Area rock memorabilia they say they were swindled out of by Graham’s estate executor, the Ninth Circuit ruled Wednesday. 

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Appeals Entertainment 

Rock Legend Bill Graham’s Sons Renew Estate Fight at Ninth

November 14, 2017November 15, 2017 MARIA DINZEO
Law6, Music, Ninth Circuit, probate, Rock and Roll

Storied concert promoter Bill Graham died in 1991, but his sons are still locked in a bitter legal fight with the executor of his estate over his rock memorabilia, including hundreds of concert posters and scrapbooks.

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Entertainment Trials 

Widow Fights Film on Fatal Lynyrd Skynyrd Crash

July 11, 2017July 12, 2017 JOSH RUSSELL
celebrity, crash, Documentaries, film, Music, New York, NYC, publicity rights, Rock and Roll

Hoping to shut down an upcoming movie about the 1977 plane crash that killed members of the band Lynyrd Skynyrd, widow Judith Van Zant testified Tuesday that the film sensationalizes a tragedy governed by a decades-old settlement.

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Entertainment 

Battle Over Black Keys Documentary Heads to Court

June 8, 2017June 8, 2017 NICK RUMMELL
Documentaries, film, Music, New Jersey, Photography, Rock and Roll

Investors in a planned documentary about the rock band The Black Keys claim in a federal complaint that a famous photographer scuttled the project after holding the footage ransom.

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Arts Entertainment 

$25 Million Award & Counting in Royalties Against Sirius Radio

May 11, 2017May 11, 2017 MATT REYNOLDS
Class Action, Music, Radio, Rock and Roll, Royalties, Settlement, sirius xm

A federal judge this week approved a $25.5 million class action settlement against Sirius XM Radio, to resolve claims over millions of dollars in royalties for broadcasting songs recorded before 1972, and said the final settlement could rise to $73 million.

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Business Entertainment National Uncategorized 

Eagles Trademark Suit

May 4, 2017January 9, 2018 DAN MCCUE
hotels, infringement, Music, Rock and Roll, Trademark

The Eagles sued the owners of a Mexican hotel named Hotel California, claiming the owner is unlawfully capitalizing on the band’s hit song of the same name.

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Arts Entertainment International 

Lennon ‘Sgt. Pepper’ Drawing to Be Auctioned in New York

April 27, 2017November 17, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
auctions, Britain, Music, Rock and Roll

An old sketch, a crude, ink-on-paper drawing of the iconic “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club” album cover found in John Lennon’s former home in Weybridge, England, will be put up for auction May 20 at the Hard Rock Cafe in Manhattan.

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Personal Injury 

Concertgoer With Broken Neck Sues Over Crowd Surfing

April 17, 2017December 14, 2017 EVA FEDDERLY
concerts, Music, North Carolina, Regional5, Rock and Roll

After breaking her neck when a crowd surfer at a punk-rock show dove onto her, a North Carolina woman has sued the venue for damages.

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Arts Entertainment International 

Liverpool Plans Party for 50 Years of ‘Sgt. Pepper’

March 22, 2017April 27, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Britain, celebrity, Music, Rock and Roll

The English city of Liverpool is getting set to celebrate the half-centenary of “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” one of the most influential albums by local heroes The Beatles.

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Entertainment 

Fan Says Rock Singer Berated Him for Seeking Autographs

March 21, 2017September 21, 2017 KEVIN KOENINGER
Assault, celebrity, defamation, Detroit, emotional distress, false light, Journalism, musicians, Rock and Roll

A Michigan autograph collector seeking Iggy Pop’s signature claims he was verbally and physically assaulted by Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme before TMZ falsely reported he called the singer names.

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Entertainment National 

Rock ‘n’ Roll Legend Chuck Berry Dies at 90

March 18, 2017March 20, 2017 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Music, obituary, Rock and Roll

Chuck Berry, rock ‘n’ roll’s founding guitar hero and storyteller who defined the music’s joy and rebellion in such classics as “Johnny B. Goode,” ”Sweet Little Sixteen” and “Roll Over Beethoven,” died Saturday at his home in an unincorporated area west of St. Louis. He was 90.

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