Main Content
Content from the following sources has been used in the creation of this casebook:
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MUSIC & DIGITAL MEDIA (Spring 2020)
(First published Dec 2019)Authors:
Including material from the following sections:
- 1.1: Lessig: Remix, Ch. 1, "Introduction" (2008) (CC BY-NC 3.0)
- 2.1.1: U.S. Copyright Office: Circular 1 - "Copyright Basics" (Link to PDF)
- 2.1.2: Carnes: "Has Music Piracy Killed the 'Recording Artist'?," The Huffington Post (January 3, 2011)
- 2.2.3.1: Ingham: "Taylor Swift Plans to Re-Record Her Hits. Here’s What She Might Be Facing," Rolling Stone (December 9, 2019)
- 2.3.1: Boehlert: "Four Little Words," Salon.com (August 28, 2000)
- 2.4: Optional Reading
- 3: Copyright Alternatives & Other IP
- 4: Originality, Similarity, Infringement, Sampling & Fair Use
- 6: Recording Artists, Labels, & Recording Agreements
- 7: Songwriters, Publishers, & Publishing Agreements
- 8.1.1: Resnikoff: "A Comprehensive Comparison of Performance Rights Organizations (PROs) In the US," Digital Music News (February 20, 2018)
- 8.3.1: Brown: "Downloading a song is not a performance under the Copyright Act," Internet Cases (September 29, 2010)
- 8.3.2: Cheng: "Judge: ringtones aren’t performances, so no royalties," Ars Technica (October 15, 2009)
- 8.3.3: Broussard: "The Promise and Peril of Collective Licensing," 17 Journal of Intellectual Property Law 1 (2009) (.pdf)
- 11.1: Background (Review - Previously Assigned)
- 11.3: Digital Retail - Distributors, File Sales, & Streams
- 11.4.2: Masnick: "Understanding David Lowery's Lawsuit Against Spotify: The Insanity of Music Licensing," Techdirt (January 5, 2015), read all
- 11.4.3: Milosic: "GRD's Failure," Music Business Journal (August 2015)
- 13: Changes, The MMA, & The Future of Music
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