Federal Judge: Rap Group Owed Royalties In Contract, Copyright Dispute Over Song

(August 26, 2024, 10:04 AM EDT) -- NEW YORK — A music publisher must pay royalties to a hip-hop group that created a 1986 hit single despite the label’s concern that the song infringed the theme song of the long-running television show “Dragnet,” a federal judge in New York ruled, granting a motion for summary judgment from the musical group and denying a motion for summary judgment from the label....

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