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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.

Links

Ed Sheeran wins Thinking Out Loud copyright case
BBC 5/4/23
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

US Code

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

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.