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The Turtles and Sirius XM Radio: Not So “Happy Together” as Eleventh Circuit Certifies Questions of Common Law Copyright to Supreme Court of Florida

Posted on by Wendy Spiro

In a June 29, 2016 opinion, the Eleventh Circuit examined the question of whether common law copyright under Florida law protects sound recordings fixed prior to February 15, 1972. The opinion in Flo & Eddie, Inc. v. Sirius XM Radio, Inc., 2016 WL 3546433 (11th Cir. June 29, 2016), written by Judge R. Lanier Anderson…