Overlawyered » music and musicians http://overlawyered.com Chronicling the high cost of our legal system Sun, 27 May 2012 14:01:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Great moments in damages calculation http://overlawyered.com/2012/05/great-moments-in-damages-calculation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=great-moments-in-damages-calculation http://overlawyered.com/2012/05/great-moments-in-damages-calculation/#comments Sun, 27 May 2012 14:01:44 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=30037 “It’s no secret that LimeWire was once a hotbed of peer-to-peer music piracy, but the RIAA has now attempted to sue it for $72 trillion – more money than exists in the world today. LimeWire was shut down in October 2010, but litigation continues from music bodies around the world…” [Ultimate Guitar] Tweet Tags: damages, [...]

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]]> “It’s no secret that LimeWire was once a hotbed of peer-to-peer music piracy, but the RIAA has now attempted to sue it for $72 trillion – more money than exists in the world today. LimeWire was shut down in October 2010, but litigation continues from music bodies around the world…” [Ultimate Guitar]

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]]> http://overlawyered.com/2012/05/great-moments-in-damages-calculation/feed/ 1 May 15 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/05/may-15-roundup/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=may-15-roundup http://overlawyered.com/2012/05/may-15-roundup/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 04:03:38 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=29435 “Fan sues Insane Clown Posse after injury at Illinois concert” [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] “As Insanity is not a defense to the claim, the Clowns are now adding litigation counsel to their Posse.” [@colinsamuels] Suit on behalf of school-cheat son “wouldn’t have been much of a story” if dad had left argument to hired gun [Mark [...]

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  • “Fan sues Insane Clown Posse after injury at Illinois concert” [St. Louis Post-Dispatch] “As Insanity is not a defense to the claim, the Clowns are now adding litigation counsel to their Posse.” [@colinsamuels]
  • Suit on behalf of school-cheat son “wouldn’t have been much of a story” if dad had left argument to hired gun [Mark Bennett, earlier]
  • If you can’t buy a Coke with your debit card any more, this may be why [Katherine Mangu-Ward, Reason] Related: “a ‘do-nothing Congress’ is sort of like a ‘do-nothing arsonist.’” [IowaHawk]

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  • L.A. judge reverses much-publicized Honda small claims award [CBS Local, earlier]
  • Harris County judge deems pig “common, traditional” pet in homeowner association suit [Houston Chronicle]
  • Plaintiffs, not just defendants, can use Daubert to exclude opponents’ scientific theories that fall short of general acceptance by the relevant scientific community. Why is this news when it was clearly part of the intended and expected effect of Daubert from day one? [guestposter Mark Bower at Turkewitz]
  • “The unfair attack on ALEC” [Ted Frank and Jim Copland at PoL] More: Wendy Gramm and Brooke Rollins, WSJ.
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/05/may-15-roundup/feed/ 1     At the sound of English bell-ringing… http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/at-the-sound-of-english-bell-ringing/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=at-the-sound-of-english-bell-ringing http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/at-the-sound-of-english-bell-ringing/#comments Sun, 29 Apr 2012 12:50:43 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=29365 “…your heart will lift up, unless you are the noise nuisance officer of North Somerset….For the time being, the chimes of Wrington have been silenced,” owing to a noise complaint lodged by a weekending Londoner. [A.N. Wilson, The Independent] Tweet Tags: churches, environment, music and musicians, United Kingdom

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    ]]>     “…your heart will lift up, unless you are the noise nuisance officer of North Somerset….For the time being, the chimes of Wrington have been silenced,” owing to a noise complaint lodged by a weekending Londoner. [A.N. Wilson, The Independent]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/04/at-the-sound-of-english-bell-ringing/feed/ 3     “French fans sue Michael Jackson’s doctor Conrad Murray over ‘emotional damage’” http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/french-fans-sue-michael-jacksons-doctor-conrad-murray-over-emotional-damage/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=french-fans-sue-michael-jacksons-doctor-conrad-murray-over-emotional-damage http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/french-fans-sue-michael-jacksons-doctor-conrad-murray-over-emotional-damage/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 12:18:34 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26759 Lawyer Emmanuel Ludot “is acting for around 100 fans who are members of an association that calls itself the ‘Michael Jackson Community.’ He said that while each fan could be awarded damages of up to 10,000 euros ($A12,400), they were seeking only a symbolic euro.” Jackson’s doctor was convicted of involuntary manslaughter following the singer’s [...]

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    ]]>     Lawyer Emmanuel Ludot “is acting for around 100 fans who are members of an association that calls itself the ‘Michael Jackson Community.’ He said that while each fan could be awarded damages of up to 10,000 euros ($A12,400), they were seeking only a symbolic euro.” Jackson’s doctor was convicted of involuntary manslaughter following the singer’s death from an anesthetic overdose. [AFP]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2012/01/french-fans-sue-michael-jacksons-doctor-conrad-murray-over-emotional-damage/feed/ 4     December 20 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-20-roundup-3/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=december-20-roundup-3 http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-20-roundup-3/#comments Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:09:35 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26263 No regulatory surge under Obama? Check the numbers please [WSJ edit, James Gattuso/Heritage] Now online: Federalist Society convention panels on regulation [Cass et al, Epstein et al] “House passes REINS Act, president promises veto” [Adler, Mike Kelsey/Heritage] Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act “dying in Senate committee” [PoL] Study: NY municipalities battered by litigation [Sydney [...]

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  • No regulatory surge under Obama? Check the numbers please [WSJ edit, James Gattuso/Heritage] Now online: Federalist Society convention panels on regulation [Cass et al, Epstein et al] “House passes REINS Act, president promises veto” [Adler, Mike Kelsey/Heritage] Regulation Moratorium and Jobs Preservation Act “dying in Senate committee” [PoL]
  • Study: NY municipalities battered by litigation [Sydney Cresswell & Michael Landon-Murray, Rockefeller/Albany, PDF]
  • Dodd-Frank and corporate credit [David Henderson]
  • Inside the great Las Vegas condo-board-takeover scam [Bloomberg, earlier]
  • “Copyright Law and European Compilations of U.S. Jazz Recordings” [Kerr, Volokh]
  • Autism-care cheat: “Former MoFo Partner Draws 12-Month Sentence in Fraud Case” [Recorder]
  • Would privacy torts do better? Jim Harper on the Fair Credit Reporting Act [Cato Institute, PDF]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/december-20-roundup-3/feed/ 0     Baroque performers glum as Europe bans gut strings http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/baroque-performers-glum-as-europe-bans-gut-strings/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=baroque-performers-glum-as-europe-bans-gut-strings http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/baroque-performers-glum-as-europe-bans-gut-strings/#comments Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:00:50 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=26060 Violin and cello strings made of animal intestine might transmit Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, if you ate enough of them. [Telegraph via Tim Cavanaugh, Reason] Tweet Tags: agriculture and farming, Europe, music and musicians

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    ]]>     Violin and cello strings made of animal intestine might transmit Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease, if you ate enough of them. [Telegraph via Tim Cavanaugh, Reason]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/12/baroque-performers-glum-as-europe-bans-gut-strings/feed/ 9     “Sugarland sued over Indiana stage collapse” http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/sugarland-sued-over-indiana-stage-collapse/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sugarland-sued-over-indiana-stage-collapse http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/sugarland-sued-over-indiana-stage-collapse/#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2011 15:16:20 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=25969 Lawyers for survivors of a calamitous stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair in August have sued a variety of defendants including country music duo Sugarland, producers, stagehands and others. [Hollywood Reporter] Tweet Tags: deep pocket, Indiana, music and musicians

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    ]]>     Lawyers for survivors of a calamitous stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair in August have sued a variety of defendants including country music duo Sugarland, producers, stagehands and others. [Hollywood Reporter]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/11/sugarland-sued-over-indiana-stage-collapse/feed/ 0     August 29 roundup http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-29-roundup-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=august-29-roundup-2 http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-29-roundup-2/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 16:44:12 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24306 Even before federal raid on Gibson, Lacey Act scared owners of vintage instruments: “I don’t go out of the country with a wooden guitar.” [Eric Felten/WSJ, AW, PoL, Trevor Burrus/Cato] Dear NYT contributor Bakan: getting your kids’ attention may not require overthrowing world corporate economy [Nancy French, NR "Home Front"] More: Sullum. “West Memphis Three” [...]

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  • Even before federal raid on Gibson, Lacey Act scared owners of vintage instruments: “I don’t go out of the country with a wooden guitar.” [Eric Felten/WSJ, AW, PoL, Trevor Burrus/Cato]
  • Dear NYT contributor Bakan: getting your kids’ attention may not require overthrowing world corporate economy [Nancy French, NR "Home Front"] More: Sullum.
  • “West Memphis Three” freed [Damon Root, Greenfield]
  • Forest Labs case: after outcry, feds drop effort to force firing of drug company CEO not charged with wrongdoing [WSJ, WLF] Background: Charles Hooper & David Henderson, Hoover (“The FDA’s War on Drugs”), The Economist (“The government seeks to sack an innocent boss”, Diana Furchtgott-Roth, Steve McConnell/Drug and Device Law, Josh Wright/Truth on the Market]
  • Google paid dearly in smartphone deal for our dysfunctional patent system [Gordon Crovitz] “Google Should Publicly Oppose Software Patents” [Timothy Lee, Forbes]
  • Lawyer’s suit: Kasowitz firm ignored his “superior legal mind” [Lowering the Bar, Above the Law]
  • “In Chicago, You Need a License To Help Others Get a License” [Mark Perry]
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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/august-29-roundup-2/feed/ 1     Latin Jazz musicians sue over termination of Grammy category http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/latin-jazz-musicians-sue-over-termination-of-grammy-category/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=latin-jazz-musicians-sue-over-termination-of-grammy-category http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/latin-jazz-musicians-sue-over-termination-of-grammy-category/#comments Fri, 05 Aug 2011 13:06:05 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=24161 In April the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), which runs the Grammy awards, dropped 31 categories of competition, including Latin jazz, zydeco, Hawaiian and Native American. Musicians remain free to enter their work into competition in overlapping related categories. Now four Latin jazz musicians have filed suit, arguing “that NARAS is in [...]

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    ]]>     In April the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS), which runs the Grammy awards, dropped 31 categories of competition, including Latin jazz, zydeco, Hawaiian and Native American. Musicians remain free to enter their work into competition in overlapping related categories. Now four Latin jazz musicians have filed suit, arguing “that NARAS is in effect forcing Latin jazz artists to now compete in broader jazz categories against more mainstream artists, hurting their chance of winning an award.” [Jazz Times]

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    ]]>     http://overlawyered.com/2011/08/latin-jazz-musicians-sue-over-termination-of-grammy-category/feed/ 4     Musical forensics, via Google http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/musical-forensics-the-google-way/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=musical-forensics-the-google-way http://overlawyered.com/2011/07/musical-forensics-the-google-way/#comments Sat, 23 Jul 2011 12:37:27 +0000 Walter Olson http://overlawyered.com/?p=23991 “Does the infamous ‘Happy Birthday to You’ copyright hold up to scrutiny?” [Paul Collins, Slate] Tweet Tags: copyright, music and musicians

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    ]]>     “Does the infamous ‘Happy Birthday to You’ copyright hold up to scrutiny?” [Paul Collins, Slate]

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