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Registering and Protecting your Copyrighted Works: Music

Books

Rock'n'Roll Music: Copyright Law Through Bruce Springsteen by Ohio State Bar Ass'n
Call Number: KF 3035 .M87
Publication Date: 2019

Registering

Form SR
Paper application for a sound recording.

US Supreme Court Case

Warner v. Nealy (2024)
Supreme Court sides with music producer in copyright case over sample in Flo Rida hit. Applied the discovery rule in copyright infringement case.

US Code

17 U.S. Code § 109
Limitations on exclusive rights: Effect of transfer of particular copy or phonorecord

Links

Ed Sheeran wins Thinking Out Loud copyright case
BBC 5/4/23
Inside the $621 Million Legal Battle for the ‘Soul of the Internet’ Major record labels have sued the online library Internet Archive over thousands of old recordings, raising the question: Who owns the past?
Rolling Stone 9/29/24
Music Law 101: Common Music Licenses
Reverbnation.com
Sony Music Group warns more than 700 companies against using its content to train AI
NBC News 5/16/24
What musicians should know about copyright
US Copyright Office