Registering and Protecting your Copyrighted Works: Music

US Code

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

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.
Cox Communications, Inc. v. Sony Music Entertainment, (4th Cir Ct of Appeals 2025)
In 2026, the US Supreme Court will decide whether a service provider can be held liable for "materially contributing" to copyright infringement merely because it knew that people were using certain accounts to infringe and did not terminate access.