NMPA Take Down Notices Sent To Lyric Sites

Billboard reports that the National Music Publishers Association ("NMPA") has sent take-down notices to 50 commercial lyric sites operating without licenses.  The article highlights the site RapGenius.  The article further reports that David Israelite, Chief Executive of the NMPA, said that the take-down notices are a precursor to the filing of lawsuits against the unlicensed sites for copyright infringement.

Public Performance Of Sound Recordings - Ad

Glenn Peoples, NAB Calls Performance Right 'Bad for Artists, Bad for Listeners', Billboard (Mar. 27, 2013) (link):

The National Association of Broadcasters has called a performance right for sound recordings “bad for radio, bad for artists and bad for listeners” in two newspaper advertisements thanking two new co-sponsors of the Congressional resolutions supporting the Local Radio Free Act.

Toxic - Britney Spears an "Impossible" Client

Billboard reports that the legal team at Trope & Trope behind Britney Spears in her custody battle with ex-husband, "K-Fed", are seeking judicial permission to be relieved as Spears' counsel. The request is based on a communication breakdown between attorney and client, making representation "impossible".