Compulsory Licenses in the Music Industry

Posted by on Nov 7, 2011 in Art, Business Litigation, Business Transactions, Commercial Litigation, Commercial Transactions, Copyright, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Music, News, Television | 0 comments Compulsory copyright license is the exception to copyright law. It is the government’s attempt to correct a market failure or a monopoly. A compulsory license allows a person to exercise one or more of the copyright’s exclusive rights without having to obtain the copyright holder’s permission. All the individual has to do is pay a licensing fee. This is why it is called a...
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Compulsory Licenses and Your Music

Posted by on Oct 26, 2011 in Art, Business Transactions, Commercial Transactions, Copyright, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Music, News | 0 comments Although obtaining a copyright for your music is easy and a great way to protect your property and it provides you with exclusive rights, the law has created an exception to copyright law that makes your right to your own music a little less exclusive. In the music industry, the phrase “compulsory license” is often thrown around. What does compulsory license mean? Well, this may come as a...
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The True Essence of Copyright

Posted by on Oct 24, 2011 in Art, Commercial Transactions, Copyright, Entertainment, Intellectual Property, Music, News | 0 comments It may come as a surprise to people that you already have a copyright in artistic work you have created. You may have been told that you need to “copyright” your work, but technically you already have the copyright. What most people are referring to when they talk about “copyrighting” their work is the act of registering your copyright with the United States Copyright Office. Long before...
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