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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 593

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Tom Cruise poses for the media during the 'Top Gun Maverick' UK premiere at a central London cinema, on Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)
April 9, 2024, 4:46 pm
LA court rules ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ didn’t infringe Israeli writer’s copyright
Lawyer for Ehud Yonay’s widow and son will appeal district judge’s decision in case accusing Paramount Pictures of pilfering from 1983 piece on US Navy fighter pilot school
By Jonathan Stempel
Tom Cruise poses for the media during the 'Top Gun Maverick' UK premiere at a central London cinema, on May 19, 2022. (Alberto Pezzali/AP)
June 7, 2022, 1:05 am
Israeli heirs of author who inspired ‘Top Gun’ sue Paramount over sequel
Widow and son of Ehud Yonay claim they ended copyright transfer in 2020 but that studio ignored it and went ahead with ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ release anyway
By ToI Staff
Randy Wolfe, aka Randy California, performing in Utrecht, the Netherlands, May 1, 1989. (Frans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)
October 7, 2020, 10:29 pm
US Supreme Court nixes Jewish rocker’s ‘Stairway to Heaven’ lawsuit
In blow to estate of Randy Wolfe, justices refuse to hear intellectual property case, meaning 2016 federal court’s ruling in favor of Led Zeppelin will stand
By JTA and ToI Staff
Randy Wolfe, aka Randy California, performing in Utrecht, the Netherlands, May 1, 1989. (Frans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)
March 9, 2020, 10:49 pm
Led Zeppelin wins latest battle of the bands in ‘Stairway’ fight
Court of Appeals overturns previous ruling that jury in 2016 trial should have heard recording of contested music, dealing blow to the estate of Randy Wolfe, of the band Spirit
By AP and ToI Staff
Jack White performs during Music Midtown 2014 at Piedmont Park on Friday, Sep. 19, 2014, in Atlanta. (Photo by Katie Darby/Invision/AP)
February 8, 2019, 3:32 am
White Stripes’ Jack White gets co-credit for Israel’s Eurovision-winning ‘Toy’
Composers of contest-winning entry said to give Universal Music Studios partial rights to Netta Barzilai’s hit, ending dispute over similarities to ‘Seven Nation Army’
By ToI Staff
In this March 5, 1998, photo, Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant, left, performs with guitarist Jimmy Page during their concert in Istanbul. (AP Photo/Murad Sezer)
September 30, 2018, 10:12 am
New trial ordered in ‘Stairway to Heaven’ copyright lawsuit
Appeals court rules jurors were misled during hearing on alleged plagiarism of Spirit’s ‘Taurus,’ written by Jewish guitarist Randy California
By AP and ToI Staff
Winner of the 2018 Eurovision Song Contest Netta Barzilai performs at Rabin Square in Tel Aviv on May 14, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)
August 15, 2018, 7:15 pm
Eurovision hitmakers said to ink deal with US label over ‘Toy’ plagiarism claim
Composers of contest-winning entry said to give Universal Music Studios partial rights to song, ending dispute over similarities to White Stripe’s ‘Seven Nation Army’
By ToI Staff
Israel's Netta Barzilai performing 'Toy' in the first Eurovision 2018 semifinal, May 8, 2018. (Screen capture: YouTube)
July 3, 2018, 10:50 pm
Israel’s Eurovision win in jeopardy as US label claims Netta’s ‘Toy’ was copied
Universal Music Studios sends pre-suit notice letter to composers, citing similarity between winning entry and White Stripe’s Seven Nation Army
By Michael Bachner
Illustrative image of a birthday cake. (Omer Wazir/Wikipedia/CC BY-SA 2.0)
June 28, 2016, 6:48 am
You can now sing ‘Happy Birthday’ royalty-free
Federal judge rules that the song, put to paper in Kentucky in 1893, is now in the public domain
By AFP
This file photo taken on December 02, 2012 shows Led Zeppelin band members Robert Plant (L) and Jimmy Page during an event at the White House in Washington, DC, for the 2012 Kennedy Center Honorees. (AFP PHOTO / BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI)
June 23, 2016, 9:53 pm
US jury clears Led Zeppelin of stealing ‘Stairway’ intro
After hearing the classic rock song alongside Spirit’s ‘Taurus,’ court rejects claim of plagiarism
By AFP and ToI Staff
Randy Wolfe, aka Randy California, performing in Utrecht, the Netherlands, May 1, 1989. (Frans Schellekens/Redferns/Getty Images via JTA)
June 16, 2016, 4:44 pm
‘Stairway to Heaven’ lawsuit stars dead Jewish rocker
Court papers say the late Randy California taught Jimmy Page the intro to ‘Taurus,’ the song his estate claims was ripped off by Led Zeppelin
By Gabe Friedman
Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page, left, and singer Robert Plant appear at a press conference ahead of the worldwide theatrical release of "Celebration Day," a concert film of their 2007 London O2 arena reunion show, in New York, October 9, 2012. (Evan Agostini/Invision/AP)
June 15, 2016, 10:30 am
Jury to decide whether ‘Stairway to Heaven’ riff stolen from Jewish guitarist
Randy California (Robert Wolfe) always claimed the intro was copied from his own song ‘Tarus,’ written years earlier; the two bands played together in late 1960s
By AP and ToI Staff
A memorial stone for Anne Frank and her sister Margot on the grounds of the former Prisoner of War (POW) and concentration camps Bergen-Belsen in Bergen, north of Hanover, central Germany, on June 21, 2015. (AFP / NIGEL TREBLIN)
June 13, 2016, 5:24 am
Who owns the diary of Anne Frank?
On the occasion her 87th birthday, an update on the world’s latest commercial incarnations of the human face of Holocaust victims
By Matt Lebovic
A copy of Adolf Hitler's 'Mein Kampf' (dccarbone/CC-BY, via Flickr)
May 30, 2016, 1:22 pm
‘Mein Kampf’ royalties plan roils Boston’s Jews
80 years after purchasing the English rights to Hitler’s manifesto, publishing giant Houghton Mifflin Harcourt is under fire for directing profits away from Holocaust-specific causes
By Matt Lebovic
Led Zeppelin's Robert Plant (left) and Jimmy Page in concert in 1977. (photo credit: Wikipedia Commons/ Jim Summaria, http://www.jimsummariaphoto.com)
April 12, 2016, 4:52 am
‘Stairway to Heaven’ copyright case heads to trial
Judge rules trustees for deceased Jewish guitarist have sufficient evidence to advance lawsuit over opening notes of iconic song
By ToI Staff and AP
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