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VMG Salsoul LLC v. Madonna Louise Ciccone et al
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September 23, 2016
Madonna's Copyright Accuser Gets $720K Fee Award Nixed
A California judge Friday reversed her decision requiring a music publisher that unsuccessfully sued Madonna for infringement over a horn-riff sample to pay the singer's $720,000 in legal costs, determining the claims were not frivolous or objectively unreasonable after the Ninth Circuit mandated reconsideration.
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August 23, 2016
Citing Kirtsaeng, Madonna Accuser Tries To Avoid Atty Fees
The music publisher that sued Madonna for sampling a split-second horn riff in her 1990 hit "Vogue" is back in district court, leaning heavily on the Supreme Court's recent Kirtsaeng ruling and looking to avoid paying the pop stars legal fees after a high-profile loss at the Ninth Circuit.
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April 29, 2014
Madonna Wins Atty Fees In Copyright Suit Over 'Vogue'
A California federal judge on Monday agreed to award attorneys' fees and costs to Madonna and others after their successful defense of a copyright suit over the 1990 hit "Vogue," but gave the pop star and her fellow defendants significantly less than they had requested.
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November 18, 2013
Madonna, Producer Escape 'Vogue' Copyright Suit
A California federal judge on Monday sided with Madonna, record producer Shep Pettibone and other defendants in a copyright suit over the 1990 hit "Vogue," holding that the single horn chord from the plaintiff's work wasn't copyrightable because it isn't sufficiently original.
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August 26, 2013
Madonna Says 'Vogue' Chord Can't Be Copyrighted
Madonna and record producer Shep Pettibone on Monday urged a California federal judge to toss a copyright suit over their 1990 hit "Vogue," saying a single horn chord that they allegedly sampled from the Salsoul Orchestra's 1975 song "Chicago Bus Stop" was not copyrightable.
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May 07, 2013
Madonna Co-Writer Says Ex-Lover Spurred 'Vogue' IP Suit
A Madonna producer told a California federal judge on Monday that a lawsuit claiming he copied portions of a copyrighted track for her 1990 hit "Vogue" was baseless because he co-authored the track, and that a disgruntled ex-lover prompted the meritless complaint.
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January 30, 2013
Madonna Can't Shed 'Vogue' Sampling Suit
A California federal judge on Tuesday refused to toss a lawsuit claiming Madonna secretly copied portions of a copyrighted disco track for her 1990 hit "Vogue," ruling it was too early to kill the case.
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October 10, 2012
Madonna, Producer Say 'Vogue' Copyright Suit Dooms Itself
Madonna and a former musical collaborator told a California federal judge Tuesday that record company VMG Salsoul LLC had doomed its own copyright infringement lawsuit against them by admitting that allegedly stolen song samples in her 1990 hit "Vogue" were barely audible.