Apple settles with Tin Pan Alley heirs, ending string of tech company lawsuits

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Apple Inc has settled a copyright dispute with the heirs of the songwriters behind 'Get Happy,' 'Stormy Weather,' 'That's Amore' and other hits from the Tin Pan Alley music era of the early 20th century, according to Wednesday filings in San Francisco federal court.

Amazon, Google, Microsoft also previously sued

The settlement marks the end of a series of lawsuits against Apple, Amazon, Google and Microsoft for allegedly selling "bootleg" digital versions of those and other songs written by Harold Arlen, Harry Warren and Ray Henderson. Beginning in 2019, the heirs accused the tech companies of selling pirated recordings of dozens of songs. The lawsuits said the companies offered song downloads from entities that were "simply duplicating previously released recordings and selling them as if they were the rightful owner" for lower prices than authorized versions.in March that Apple did not infringe the heirs' copyrights willfully, but may be liable for making the recordings available on the iTunes Store.

 

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