Recently, in UMG Recordings v. Escape Media Group, a New York state court held that the safe harbor provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) may provide the operator of the website grooveshark.com protection against state law copyright claims based on pre-1972 sound recordings.

The DMCA provides a “safe harbor” against…
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