Fairness Rocks News Trump Administration Staying Out of Challenge to Music Licensing Law for Now


Fairness Rocks News Trump Administration Staying Out of Challenge to Music Licensing Law for Now

Home Industry News Trump Administration Staying Out of Challenge to Music Licensing Law for Now

Author: Eriq Gardner

Date: October 17, 2019

Original Source: Hollywood Reporter

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Trump Administration Staying Out of Challenge to Music Licensing Law for Now

The United States Department of Justice has filed court papers acknowledging that Eminem publisher Eight Mile Style is challenging the constitutionality of the Music Modernization Act in a big copyright lawsuit against Spotify. However, citing the early posture of the case, the Trump Administration told a Tennessee federal court Wednesday night that it won’t yet intervene to directly defend the music licensing law.

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