February 28, 2020
A Manhattan federal judge on Friday tossed out a long-running class action that sought to free "This Land Is Your Land" from copyright control, ending one of several such cases aimed at pushing iconic songs into the public domain.
October 13, 2016
A New York City band challenging a music publisher's copyright for Woody Guthrie's iconic folk song "This Land is Your Land" told a New York federal judge on Thursday that its claims mirror those in a suit that ultimately put the "Happy Birthday" song into public domain.
September 07, 2016
The owners of the iconic folk tune “This Land Is Your Land” pushed Tuesday to toss out a class action aimed at freeing the song for all to use, warning that the case would put “the entirety of the music industry at risk of unimaginable harassment.”
June 14, 2016
A New York rock band has filed a class action aimed at proving that the iconic folk song "This Land Is Your Land" is free for all to use — with the help of the same attorneys who recently won a similar battle over "Happy Birthday to You."