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Hockey Music Rights Suit Should Be Silenced, AHL Says

Dec 11, 2024

A federal lawsuit accusing the American Hockey League and nine AHL teams of music theft is entirely off key, the AHL insists in a newly filed court document.

The AHL on Thursday answered a complaint brought in September by Associated Production Music (APM), a production music company with a catalog that includes the famed theme songs for Monday Night Football and The People’s Court and more than 650,000 other tracks. APM accuses the AHL and teams of using licensed songs without APM’s permission or paying for a license. The complaint cites more than 230 videos on team-affiliated Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and other social media platforms that allegedly use copyrighted songs.

Source: Sportico

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