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Pandora has been hit with another lawsuit by a comedian accusing the streamer of shortchanging artists by neglecting to obtain the proper copyrights to stream their works — this time by Lewis Black. According to a complaint filed Thursday in California federal court, Pandora “took and exploited his works solely to make themselves money while knowing it had no license and had not paid, and would not be paying, royalties.”
The lawsuit is the latest in an escalating feud between streamers and comedians pushing to change the landscape of compensation amid a boom in popularity for spoken-word content. They raise novel licensing theories arguing that they should be paid for writing their jokes, much in the same way that musicians are paid royalties for composing song lyrics.
The lawsuit filed by Black accuses Pandora of knowingly flouting its obligation to secure the proper copyrights.
Pandora has been hit with another lawsuit by a comedian accusing the streamer of shortchanging artists by neglecting to obtain the proper copyrights to stream their works — this time by Lewis Black. According to a complaint filed Thursday in California federal court, Pandora “took and exploited his works solely to make themselves money while knowing it had no license and had not paid, and would not be paying, royalties.”
The lawsuit is the latest in an escalating feud between streamers and comedians pushing to change the landscape of compensation amid a boom in popularity for spoken-word content. They raise novel licensing theories arguing that they should be paid for writing their jokes, much in the same way that musicians are paid royalties for composing song lyrics.
The lawsuit filed by Black accuses Pandora of knowingly flouting its obligation to secure the proper copyrights.
- 7/7/2022
- by Winston Cho
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Dennis Day, one of the original Disney Mouseketeers, has been missing since last July, according to Oregon police.
According to a local NBC affiliate, Day was reported missing by his longtime partner Ernie Caswell. The 76-year-old was last seen in his driveway, saying he was going to visit friends. His car was found along the Oregon coast with two people inside who had no connection to Day.
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“Ernie was in the hospital at that time, and he realized Dennis hadn’t come to visit him in a few weeks,” Day’s sister Nelda Adkins told Dateline. “So he had someone from the hospital call the police and report Dennis as missing.”
“I keep the file on my desk all the time,” Lt. Jeff Price of the Phoenix Police Department told the affiliate. “…waiting for that one call to come in.
According to a local NBC affiliate, Day was reported missing by his longtime partner Ernie Caswell. The 76-year-old was last seen in his driveway, saying he was going to visit friends. His car was found along the Oregon coast with two people inside who had no connection to Day.
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“Ernie was in the hospital at that time, and he realized Dennis hadn’t come to visit him in a few weeks,” Day’s sister Nelda Adkins told Dateline. “So he had someone from the hospital call the police and report Dennis as missing.”
“I keep the file on my desk all the time,” Lt. Jeff Price of the Phoenix Police Department told the affiliate. “…waiting for that one call to come in.
- 2/28/2019
- by Reid Nakamura
- The Wrap
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