Are Hit Songs Under Attack? The Disturbing Trend In Copyright Trolling

Ed McPherson is one of biggest attorneys in the music industry. And he's getting worried about a spate of recent copyright infringement decisions with highly-controversial outcomes. The latest of those decisions belongs to Flame, a relatively-unknown Christian rapper who scored a $2.78 million infringement award after suing Katy Perry, producer Dr. Luke, Capitol Records and others involved in the 2015 hit, "Dark Horse". McPherson doesn't agree with the decision — to put it mildly — and deeply questioned whether the U.S. court system is producing reasonable outcomes. I asked McPherson if the industry is in trouble. Here's what he said.

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Are Hit Songs Under Attack? The Disturbing Trend In Copyright Trolling is an episode from The Digital Music News Podcast by Paul Resnikoff.

This episode is 39:10 long.

This episode was published on Aug 27, 2019.

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