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TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION II. EXPERIENCING MUSIC A. The Service-Product Spectrum B. Music As a Service: Manual Notation and Performance 1. Notation and Composition 2. Mechanical Musical Instruments C. [...]

The best things in life are free But you can keep 'em for the birds and bees, Now give me money (that's what I want) You know this song, you've [...]

I.INTRODUCTION II. A PRIMER ON MUSIC COPYRIGHT: MULTIPLE WORKS, MULTIPLE RIGHTS, MULTIPLE INTERMEDIARIES A. MUSICAL COMPOSITIONS B. SOUND RECORDINGS III. THE APPARENT PROBLEM OF OVERLAPPING RIGHTS IN DIGITAL MUSIC A. [...]

I. INTRODUCTION II. COPYRIGHT LAW AND MUSICAL RECORDINGS A. Early Regulations B. The Birth of the Internet C. Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act D. The Digital Millennium Copyright [...], In the 1990's, the development of 'streaming' technology allowed webcasters to begin broadcasting music on the Internet. The public took advantage of a plethora of free media players, and the number of web-based radio stations soared. However, a crippling dispute over broadcast rates left the viability of this technology in doubt. This Note criticizes current policies that curtail radio streaming by providing harsh financial restrictions on webcasters. In looking to the future, this Note argues that Congress should extend licensing exemptions to cover those Internet stations most like their AM/FM counterparts who do not have to pay additional fees.

The Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 and the National Information Infrastructure (NII) Copyright Protection Act of 1995 are limited attempts to address the changes in copyright law necessitated by online and other technology. Open questions exist regarding the application of public performance, display and reproduction laws to online transmission of copyrighted images and sounds. The NII working group's White Paper states that the potential of information technology will not be realized until laws clearly protect the content found online.

Internet law is a very complicated area of law. Music is a very complicated area of copyright law. Mix the two together, and sometimes it seems like anyone's guess as [...]

I. Introduction II. Background A. Pre-DPRA and DMCA Copyright in Sound Recordings B. Digital Performance Right in Sound Recordings Act C. Digital Millennium Copyright Act D. Interactivity and 17 U.S.C. [...]

PHILADELPHIA (AP) --Radio stations must pay royalties to recording companies and performers, as they do to composers and songwriters, when musical broadcasts are 'streamed' over the Internet, a federal appeals […]

Rights management legislation is slowly headed in the proper direction. GETTING PAID IN THE MUSIC business ain't what it used to be. The industry, long accustomed to protection from well-established [...]

I. INTRODUCTION The language of the Copyright Clause of the U.S. Constitution(1) and antitrust laws that prohibit monopolies and restraints of trade(2) may seem contradictory. While the Copyright Clause empowers [...], The licensing of copyrighted nondramatic works by performance rights societies has long been recognized as a potential source of antitrust violations. In 1995, the Congress passed the Digital Performance Rights in Sound Recordings Act in an effort to deal with the licensing problems associated with nondramatic musical works. The DPRSRA created a right in sound recordings tc perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission as well as establishing compulsory licensing scheme. However, the DPRSRA failed to address the problem of licensing of nondramatic works in foreign markets. This Note identifies the anticompetitive licensing scheme practiced in many foreign markets and advocates the extension of the DPRSRA to foreign markets--eliminating the anticompetitive effects of the licensing by foreign performance rights societies.

INTRODUCTION With the number of World Wide Web sites (web sites or sites) increasing every day, web site owners are continuously seeking new ways to attract and retain Internet users [...]

WASHINGTON -- Some of the music industry's most recognizable names are signing up for what likely will be a bruising legislative battle as they attempt to win a change in […]

Petitioners in Beethoven.com, LLC v. Librarian of Congress sought review of a final rule issued by the Librarian of Congress (Librarian) setting copyright license rates for Webcasters. [No. 02-1244 (D.C. [...]

On October 17, 2003, the Third Circuit Court upheld a district court decision holding that radio stations must pay royalties when their broadcasts are simultaneously transmitted digitally over the Internet. [...]

On August 21, 2003, the Copyright Orifice published a notice in the Federal Register seeking comments on proposed regulations that would set rates and terms for the 2003 and 2004 [...]

WASHINGTON -- Antoinette Kadore wondered how she was going to do it. Hurricane Katrina had pushed more than 5 feet of water into her New Orleans bar and left her […]