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- 08.16.2011
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Since their release in 1978, hit albums like Bruce Springsteen’s “Darkness on the Edge of Town,” Billy Joel’s “52nd Street,” the Doobie Brothers’ “Minute by Minute,” Kenny Rogers’s “Gambler” and Funkadelic’s “One Nation Under a Groove” have generated tens of millions of dollars for record companies. But thanks to a little-noted provision in United States copyright law, those artists — and thousands more — now have the right to reclaim ownership of their recordings, potentially leaving the labels out in the cold.
“My gut feeling is that the issue could even make it to the Supreme Court,” said Lita Rosario, an entertainment lawyer specializing in soul, funk and rap artists who has filed termination claims on behalf of clients, whom she declined to name.
Read More - 01.03.2011
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“Update on Artist Termination Rights.”
Read More - 09.01.2010 Lita Rosario, Esq.
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Lita Rosario, Esq. Participates in "Grammy's on the Hill"
Read More - 08.01.2010 Lita Rosario, Esq.
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Lita Rosario, Esq. was recently elected to the Steering Committee for the Arts, Entertainment, Media and Sports Section of the District of Columbia Bar.
Read More - 07.01.2010 Lita Rosario, Esq.
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Lita Rosario, Esq. appeared on a Continuing legal Education Panel for the DC Bar entitled “Special Issue sin Estate Planning for Musicians, along with Gary Roth, Esq, Ass. V.P. Business and Legal Affairs BMI and Janet Fries, Esq., Of Counsel Drinker, Biddle & Reath LLP and serves as Chair of the ABA Committee on IP Section on Copyright and New Technologies.
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