Copyright and the music marketplace : analysis, challenges, and recommendations for improvement / Keith Turner, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Turner, Keith, editor.

Series:

Fine arts, music and literature.

Fine Arts, Music and Literature

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Copyright--Music--United States--21st century.

Copyright.

Musicians--Legal status, laws, etc--United States.

Musicians.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (266 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Nova Publishers, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The United States has the most innovative and influential music culture in the world, but much of the legal framework for licensing of music dates back to the early part of the twentieth century, long before the digital revolution in music. Our licensing system is founded on a view that the music marketplace requires a unique level of government regulation, much of it reflected in statutory licensing provisions of the Copyright Act. The Copyright Office believes that the time is ripe to question the existing paradigm for the licensing of musical works and sound recordings and consider meaningf

Contents:

COPYRIGHT AND THE MUSIC MARKETPLACE: ANALYSIS, CHALLENGES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT; COPYRIGHT AND THE MUSIC MARKETPLACE: ANALYSIS, CHALLENGES, AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: Copyright and the Music Marketplace; Executive Summary; Performing Rights Organizations ("PROs") and the Consent Decrees; Mechanical Licensing and Section 115; Section 112 and 114 Licenses; Public Broadcaster Statutory License; I. Introduction; A. Study History; B. Licensing and Ratesetting Charts

II. Music Licensing LandscapeA. Copyright Overview; 1. Brief History of Copyright Protection for Music; 2. Musical Works versus Sound Recordings; 3. Key Players in the Music Marketplace; a. Songwriters; b. Music Publishers; c. Performing Rights Organizations ("PROs"); d. Mechanical Rights Administrators; e. Recording Artists and Producers; f. Record Companies; g. Music Providers; h. Consumers; B. Licensing Musical Works; 1. Exclusive Rights in Musical Works; 2. Reproduction and Distribution Rights; a. Historical Background; b. Mechanical Rights Licensing; Statutory Licensing

Voluntary LicensesRecent Reform Efforts; 3. Public Performance Rights; a. The PROs; b. Antitrust Oversight; Basic Antitrust Principles; Department of Justice Consent Decrees; Key Antitrust Cases; c. Consent Decree Procedures; 4. Statutory License for Public and Noncommercial Broadcasting; C. Licensing Sound Recordings; 1. Exclusive Rights in Sound Recordings; 2. Reproduction and Distribution Rights; 3. Public Performance Rights; a. Lack of Terrestrial Performance Right; b. Section 112 and 114 Licenses; Interactive/Noninteractive Distinction; Ratesetting Standards; CRB Ratesetting Proceedings

Elimination of Section 114(i)

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed July 24, 2015).

ISBN:

1-63482-870-4