This week, our exploration of the topic of music copyright continues as we discuss what the music copyrights mean to the owners.
Read MoreToday’s post will cover some important fundamentals of music copyrights. Unlike most creative works, which are generally protected by a single, over-arching copyright, recorded music is covered by two copyrights: one for the composition, and one for the sound recording. Understanding how the two copyrights differ, and how they interplay with each other, is important to understand the music industry and the protections that music copyright owners enjoy.
Read MoreOVLA is proud to share that board member Bart Day has been selected for induction into the Oregon Music Hall of Fame. Bart has been a long-serving board member of OVLA’s and an outstanding attorney volunteer in our legal clinic.
Read MoreThe Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, which covers all of the western states, ruled today that digital sampling of a brief snippet from a sound recording did not constitute copyright infringement.
Read MoreA San Diego jury in federal court recently gave a big win to singer/songwriter Victor Willis of the Village People, increasing Willis’ share of royalties for multiple compositions, including the hit song “Y.M.C.A.”
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