Record Labels Say Split Exists On If DMCA Immunity Applies For Pre-1972 Sound Recordings

Mealey's (March 16, 2017, 9:19 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — There is a split between federal and state courts on whether the safe harbor protections from copyright infringement liability that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S. Code Section 512(c), provides for internet service providers also apply to sound recordings from before 1972, record labels argue in their March 7 reply brief with the U.S. Supreme Court (Capitol Records LLC, et al. v. Vimeo LLC, et al., No. 16-771, U.S. Sup.)....