Sound Devices Captures Brawlers; Adamson Sets Blueprint AV Webinars

Today's Top Story - 01.21.15 Sound Devices Captures Brawlers Reality TV producer Authentic Entertainment is using a Sound Devices 970 audio recorder on the second season of the Esquire Network's White Collar Brawlers to capture dialog. Read More » Today's News Adamson Sets Blueprint AV Webinars » Cakewalk Launches New Lineup » QVC Installs Lawo Desks » Technicolor-PostWorks Adds The Room » Today's Featured Blog Oldies and Broadcasters: No Longer Happy Together? by Thomas Carey Copyright law is full of nooks and crannies, some of which aren't explored for years or even decades. Recent decisions from courts in California and New York cast a bright light on a seldom-considered subject: state law copyright protection. In 2013, Flo & Eddie brought suit against Sirius XM in California, New York and Florida, alleging infringement of rights under the copyright law of those three states for the unauthorized broadcast of Oldies. Not to be outdone, major record labels including Sony, UMG and Warner brought suit against Sirius XM in California state court on the same theory. First, a California state court issued a tentative ruling in favor of Sirius XM, indicating that there was no common law right to performance royalties. But while that ruling remained tentative, the federal court in California made a dramatic ruling in favor of Flo & Eddie. Read More » Quote of the Week "The biggest thing is you have to be a fan of what you're mixing. I don't think you give an audience what they want or do a band justice otherwise, because you're not paying attention to the nuances, the little things that people expect to hear. If you don't give that to them, then you're letting the audience down. I truly believe that I'm the advocate for the audience—FOH guys are there to ask them to buy a ticket next year." — Brian Simon, FOH engineer, Foreigner. From the latest issue of Pro Sound News - Click here to read the full article!

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