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22 February 2024NewsCopyrightSarah Speight

SCOTUS hears Warner Chappell’s challenge to copyright law

Top court in the US addresses circuit split over Copyright Act statute | Music producer wants damages from Warner to be backdated more than 10 years, during which time he was jailed for drug dealing | Damages issue is ‘critical’ for copyright damages, say lawyers.

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