Led Zeppelin Win ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Copyright Battle as Supreme Court Refuses to Hear Case

Scott Peterson's family is grateful the California Supreme Court ordered a second look at his conviction for killing his pregnant wife and unborn child, his sister-in-law told Fox News on Thursday. The court on Wednesday sent Peterson’s case back to San Mateo County Superior Court after determining that a juror committed "prejudicial misconduct.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSinger-songwriter Christopher Cross, best know for his late–‘70s hits “Ride Like the Wind” and “Sailing,” opened up about his recent battle with COVID-19, calling the experience “the darkest days of my life.” He was paralyzed and in intensive care for 10 days, he tells Serena Altschul for this weekend’s installment of “CBS Sunday Morning.”“There was some, you know, come-to-Jesus moments or whatever, where I was looking for any help I could get to through this, to

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBritney Spears won a minor victory Wednesday in her conservatorship battle against her father, Jamie Spears: The singer will be allowed to expand her legal team, after a petition request was granted.Britney, 38, is seeking to have Jamie removed from her conservatorship, which has been in effect for 12 years.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSurprisingly, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s smash single “WAP” was not submitted for 2021 Grammy Awards consideration, a source close to the situation has confirmed to Variety.

The confirmation battle over Judge Amy Coney Barrett has reignited calls to expand the U.S. Supreme Court should Democrats capture the White House and Senate in the November election — even though Ruth Bader Ginsburg was a strong opponent to the practice.  The Supreme Court has had nine justices for more than 150 years, but the Constitution does not require nine.

President Trump said Democratic nominee Joe Biden has "zero chance" of resisting members of his party who want him to pack the courts and referenced the historial lesson of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's attempt to expand the Supreme Court. "FDR’s own party told him you cannot PACK the United States Supreme Court, it would permanently destroy the Court," Trump wrote on Twitter on Saturday evening.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorBritish soul singer Celeste has dropped the video for her new single “Hear My Voice,” via Interscope Records.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorRapper 21 Savage is getting annoyed at the number of artists using a word he claims he coined, “Yessirskii” — so much that he tweeted on Monday that he wants “50 percent of every song” that uses it.“I need 50 percent of every song that come out with a yessirskiii hook y’all getting outrageous with da biting I gotta get a rabies shot at dis point,” he wrote.While his claim isn’t legally specific, it does open up the question: Can he trademark or copyright the

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorThe Live Free 999 Fund established in honor of the late rapper Jarad “Juice WRLD” Higgins by his mother announced today that it has donated a complete set of band and orchestral instruments to his former school, Deer Creek Christian School, in Chicago Heights, IL. The instrument donation fully outfits the school’s band and orchestra and also provides beginning instruments for younger students in the preschool through second grade levels.

The US Supreme Court has declined to hear the big ‘Stairway To Heaven’ copyright case, meaning that the most recent ruling in the Ninth Circuit appeals court – in Led Zeppelin’s favour – stands.It was the estate of the late Randy Wolfe, aka Randy California, who sued Led Zeppelin in 2014 claiming that the band’s 1971 track ‘Stairway To Heaven’ ripped off an earlier song called ‘Taurus’, which Wolfe had written for his band Spirit.The case went before a jury in 2016 who ruled that, while it may

Led Zeppelin have defeated the copyright challenge against ‘Stairway To Heaven’ for the third time, after the US Supreme Court declined to hear the case.The decision of the US Supreme Court upholds a March ruling by the 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorSpotify has announced the debut of its Weekly Music Charts, which includes an albums chart, a new move for the streaming giant. According to the announcement, the new charts include:All of Spotify’s charts will live exclusively on @spotifycharts Twitter and new charts will be added in the coming months.

Jill Goldsmith Co-Business EditorThe U.S. Supreme Court Friday said it has agreed to hear a longstanding case dealing with the FCC’s attempt to relax restrictions on local media ownership.The Federal Communications Commission had referred the case — FCC, et al.

Cynthia Littleton Business EditorThe Supreme Court has agreed to hear oral arguments in a challenge to the FCC’s efforts to loosen its rules that limit media ownership.The high court on Friday said it would take on the case brought by Philadelphia-based Prometheus Radio Project, a collection of low-power radio stations.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLast week, Universal Music Group and its Task Force for Meaningful Change (in partnership with UMG’s °1824 and Diversity & Inclusion teams, Def Jam Forward, Interscope/Geffen/A&M and Republic Record’s Action Committee), launched a series of special programs and discussions in celebration of this year’s Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s Annual Legislative Conference.The events are free and open to the public.

There's been much debate over President Trump's Supreme Court nominee, and no matter who it is, "Duck Dynasty" patriarch Phil Robertson said he expects a "political assassination" to come. The president will announce his pick for the Supreme Court on Saturday afternoon following the death of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and multiple sources tell Fox News that Amy Coney Barrett will be his nominee.

The people mourning the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg at the steps of the Supreme Court made sure that Donald Trump knew how they felt about him when he showed up to pay his respects.

President Donald Trump‘s visit to the Supreme Court, where the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is lying in repose following her September 19 death, was cut short when he was confronted by angry protesters. Trump, accompanied by First Lady Melania Trump, was met with a chorus of boos from Justice Ginsburg’s mourners during their brief visit, and a crowd chanting “vote him out” as he stood silently.