Law 874: Seminar in Advanced Copyright Law Topics

Assignment for October 20: Music Licensing, part 2

1. Skim Peter Dicola & David Touve, Licensing in the Shadow of Copyright Law, 17 Stan. Tech. L. Rev. 397 (2014) (another copy is here)


2. Read pages 133-202 and Appendix D of the the Register of Copyright's 2015 Report, Copyright and the Music Marketplace (another copy is here).


3. Read Views of the United States Copyright Office Concerning PRO Licensing of Jointly Owned Works (January 29, 2016)


4. Read Statement of the Department of Justice on the Closing of the Antitrust Division’s Review of the ASCAP and BMI Consent Decrees (Aug. 6, 2016) (another copy is here)


5. Read the September 16, 2016 opinion in United States v. Broadcast Music, Inc., No. 64 Civ. 3787 (LLS) (SDNY 2016).


6. Skim the class action complaint in Lowery v. Spotify

 

Upload a short (250-300 word) reaction to paper to Canvas by 3:00 pm on Tuesday, October 18.