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Clear Channel/Live Nation Monopoly Case Nearing Dismissal
Clear Channel/Live Nation Monopoly Case Nearing Dismissal
An anti-competition case dating back a decade may have finally concluded with a 63-page decision that Clear Channel/Live Nation does not have a monopoly on rock concerts. On Monday the judge in the case granted summary judgment on motions regarding the Denver and Los Angeles markets and granted the defendant's motion to dismiss the testimony of Dr. Owen R. Phillips.
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Facebook is not waiting for its initial public offering to make its first big purchase.
In its largest acquisition to date, the social network has purchased Instagram, the popular photo-sharing application, for about $1 billion in cash and stock, the company said Monday.
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On Monday night, Seventh and T streets NW will fill the familiar bustle of concertgoers queueing up for a show. They'll field through a glamorous marble lobby, perhaps pause at a long, illuminated bar and wait excitedly for the velvet curtains to part on a perfomance by breakout Washington rapper Wale. But it won't be lost on anyone what they're also here for: to see the Howard Theatre, once the nucleus of Washington's Black Broadway, shine again.
It took only three decades.
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You’re an artist, you want to succeed, you recorded music. What do you do next?
Below is a blueprint that, if you apply over the next year to six months, should increase your chances of success. Some of you may already be doing/have done many of these things, and should start where it makes sense. Others may need to start at step one.
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Breaking down the basics of music copyright, and examining the first of the 6 legal rights: Distribution.