Supreme Court Won't Tackle Pre-1972 Song DMCA Battle

By Bill Donahue (March 27, 2017, 2:08 PM EDT) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday refused to hear a case from Capitol Records challenging a ruling last year that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's so-called safe harbor protects sites like Vimeo from liability even for songs recorded prior to 1972, which aren't covered by federal copyright law....

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