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Tag: Music Law

Posted on09/28/202310/22/2023

Impersonation is the Highest Form of Flattery, or is it? The Danger of AI Generated Music

From AI generated essays to art, this technological revolution has and will continue to create many legal issues for its engineers and affected creatives alike.…

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Posted on11/14/202204/13/2023

Substantial Similarity: Is a Consensus Really Necessary?

Recent news has been overtaken with song theft cases, from claims that Dua Lipa stole “Levitating” to Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” getting called out…

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Posted on03/02/202003/02/2020

Music Creators Comprehension of Copyright

By Scott M. Huff Introduction It has been said, “it all starts with a song.” Anyone in the music business would agree that a musical…

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Posted on05/09/201405/09/2014

Copyright and Common Sense

In May of 1787, the top political figures of a fledgling United States met in Philadelphia to draft a Constitution. They judged artistic expression and…

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Posted on04/08/201404/08/2014

Rumblings in the U.S. Copyright Frontier

On March 20, 2013, following an address at Columbia Law School entitled “The Next Great Copyright Act”, U.S. Register of Copyrights Maria Pallante appeared before…

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Posted on12/20/201312/20/2013

A Copyright Extension for EU Recordings

On November 1, 2013, all European Union Member States were required to make legally effective the Directive 2011/77/EU. The Directive, an amendment of the 2006…

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Posted on10/30/2013

The Peddling of Recording Rights

Recent negotiations between Clear Channel Communications and Warner Music Group have sent shockwaves throughout the recording industry. For the first time on a major scale,…

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Posted on12/27/201004/06/2011

Mash-Ups & Fair Use: Girl Talk

With the development of digital music in the mid-1990s, the act of sampling became very popular and is now a fundamental element for musical styles like Rap and Hip-hop.

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Posted on12/16/201003/22/2011

Catching Up with Video Games

The emergence of new types of entertainment has always been associated with rapid developments in technology…

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Posted on12/02/201003/22/2011

US and European Music Copyright and Collections

With the world growing smaller and technology making music more accessible, understanding publishing on a global level is becoming increasingly crucial for songwriters and musicians.…

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Posted on11/07/201003/22/2011

Copyright Pressures Compromise the Preservation of Recorded Sound

With the advent of sound recording at the end of the nineteenth century, many different kinds of sounds – from musical performances and important government…

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Posted on10/25/201007/09/2019

A Far Reaching Copyright Change in Brazil

The current copyright collection and distribution system in Brazil is quite different from that of the US and other countries. It is administered by a…

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Posted on07/20/201003/22/2011

YouTube: The New Radio Star?

With the rise of online file sharing and data-streaming, copyright infringement is currently at an all time high. Now, the future of the industry finds…

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The Music Business Journal, published at Berklee College of Music, is a student publication that serves as a forum for intellectual discussion and research into the various aspects of the music business. The goal is to inform and educate aspiring music professionals, connect them with the industry, and raise the academic level and interest inside and outside the Berklee Community.
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