Beyond the Limit: The Battle Over Copyright Back-Damages in Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy

By Dennis Crouch and Timothy Knight*

The Supreme Court is set to hear oral arguments on February 21 in an important copyright case - Warner Chappell Music v. Nealy. The central issue is whether copyright plaintiffs can recover damages for infringing acts that occurred more than three years before filing suit, under the "discovery accrual rule." 


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