New York Federal Judge Sides With Copyright Defendants In Music Row

(May 31, 2017, 1:14 PM EDT) -- NEW YORK — Myriad copyright infringement defendants won a summary judgment on May 30 from a New York federal judge that any liability for their appropriation of a spoken-word criticism of non-jazz music is barred by the doctrine of fair use (The Estate of James Oscar Smith, et al. v. Cash Money Records Inc., No. 14-2703, S.D. N.Y., 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 82240)....