- Holding: A federal district court repeats its ruling that California state law grants exclusive rights to the creators of pre-1972 sound recordings, which are not protected by federal law.
- Takeaway: Pandora Radio fails to persuade a court that infringement actions brought by the owners of the Turtles’ hit records should be dismissed as an attempt to suppress free speech rights.
California state law does indeed grant exclusive public performance rights to the owners of copyrights in pre-1972 sound recordings, the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California ruled Feb. 23 (Flo & Eddie, Inc. v. Pandora Media, Inc., C.D. Cal., 2:14-cv-07648-PSG-RZ, 2/23/15
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