Hey, hi kids. Hope you're well on this stormy Wednesday afternoon (well, that's what we're looking at here at the karaoke compound, anyway).
Billboard headline: "Young Thug Delivers 'Gangster Sh-t': Listen"
Yes, I'm sure the shit part is correct.
CBS Radio won a major victory today in its legal battle with ABS Entertainment, after US District Court Judge Percy Anderson ruled that remastered versions of works recorded before 1972's reworking of copyright laws songs could be copyrighted, and that owners of the originals can't stop the public performance of them.
ABS had argued that pre-1972 songs were protected under state law and can't be broadcast without permission, a tactic that had been successful for others seeking copyright protection.
CBS argued that their broadcasts were not of the original, analog recordings, but rather remastered versions that came out after 1972 and, therefore, weren't protected by state law, and that they (CBS) shouldn't have to pay for the rights.
ABS (and other owners who joined the suit) retorted that what sound engineers accomplish by tweaking timbre, balance and loudness is "mechanical" and not sufficiently original to be entitled to copyright protection. The plaintiffs further asserted that to accept otherwise would mean owners of sound recordings would enjoy perpetual copyright over works.
Anderson, however, found that CBS' expert witness, Dr. Durand Begault, an acoustic engineer and research scientist specializing in forensic investigation of audio evidence, testimony that the plaintiffs' pre-1972 sound recordings had "undergone sufficient changes during the remastering process to qualify for federal copyright protection," and that ABS hadn't offered sufficient evidence to even make this a contestable point for a jury to decide.
Tampa police are investigating after two people died at Sunset Music Festival last weekend.
A 21 year old Floridian and an 22 year old Australian died after being admitted to St Joseph’s Hospital in Tampa. Witnesses claim the two had ingested an "unknown" drug at the festival.
Hospital officials would not comment on the cause of pair's deaths.
"Absolute Beginners", the 1986 film starring David Bowie and Patsy Kensit will be rereleased on July 25 for its 30th anniversary.
Ray Davies and Sade also appear in the film.
AC/DC has announced the rescheduled U.S. dates of their Rock or Bust Tour with Axl Rose handling vocal duties.
The dates begin in August- after Guns N' Roses wraps up its Not In This Lifetime tour.
The Atlanta show will be September 1.
Birthdays today include: Alanis Morissette; Mike Joyce of The Smiths; Simon Gallup of The Cure; Alan Wilder of Depeche Mode; Ronnie Dunn of Brooks & Dunn; Graham Russell of Air Supply; Ron Wood of the Rolling Stones; and Pat Boone. #MusicalBirthdays
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