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These nostalgic songs from 1972 are some of the best works of that year. And if you were a kid at that time, you probably know them by heart.
Some of the all-time greats boasted No. 1 songs on the Hot 100 in 1972. These are three iconic classic rock singers who did just that.
The year 1972 stands as a remarkable chapter in music history, when creativity flourished across every genre imaginable. From the introspective folk musings ...
A legal battle that lasted for nearly a decade is finally over. Way back in 2015, Pandora agreed to pay millions in back royalties to record labels for songs recorded before Feb. 15, 1972, when ...
Dispatch’s Chad Stokes will debut songs from his forthcoming rock opera 1972 with the help of the Pintos on Friday, March 22, 2024, at the Somerville ...
Under copyright law, services such as SiriusXM and Pandora do not have to pay copyright owners to play songs recorded before 1972. The loophole has prompted states to pass laws giving copyright ...
The Turtles first sued SiriusXM and Pandora in 2014, claiming that both companies (they later merged in 2018) had been illegally refusing to paying royalties for pre-1972 songs. That was a legal ...
This has created some weird issues, including that some songs that should be in the public domain under federal copyright law are locked up in perpetuity. A simple and reasonable solution to this ...
Sirius XM Holdings Inc on Friday said it agreed to pay five record companies $210 million to settle a lawsuit accusing the satellite radio company of broadcasting songs made before 1972 without ...