Stephanie Iken, Attorney at Law

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  • John Will Always Be My Favorite Beatle. But Lately I Keep Reaching for Paul.

    When I first got into the Beatles, John was always my favorite. John Lennon was the loud one, the political one, the one who would say the uncomfortable thing and then double down on it. And if he changed his mind, he didn’t quietly pretend he’d never said the first thing. He’d say that too.…

  • Beatles Bootlegs: early limits of copyright enforcement

    The Beatles encountered unauthorized recordings long before the music industry had tools to respond effectively. Live performances, studio outtakes, and broadcast recordings circulated outside official channels with increasing frequency during the late 1960s and early 1970s. These recordings challenged existing copyright law and revealed how poorly equipped courts and rights holders were to address informal…