Music Industry Groups Support Review In Dispute On DMCA Immunity For Pre-1972 Works

Mealey's (February 3, 2017, 7:29 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — Music industry groups argue in a Jan. 17 amicus curiae brief that the U.S. Supreme Court should take up a petition from a group of record labels asking for a review on whether the safe harbor protections from copyright infringement liability that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides for internet service providers apply to sound recordings from before 1972, which are governed by state law, rather than federal copyright law (Capitol Records LLC, et al. v. Vimeo LLC, et al., No. 16-771, U.S. Sup.)....