Concepts of Music and Copyright

How Music Perceives Itself and How Copyright Perceives Music

Inbunden, Engelska, 2015

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Copyright specialists have often focused on the exploitation of copyright of music and on infringement, but not on the question of how copyright conceptualises music. This highly topical volume brings together specialists in music, musicology and copyright law, providing a genuinely interdisciplinary research approach. It compares and contrasts the concepts of copyright law with those of music and musical performance. Several tensions emerge between the ideas of music as a living art and of the musical work as a basis for copyright protection.The expert contributors discuss the notions of the musical work, performance, originality, authorship in music and in copyright, and co-ownership from the disciplinary perspectives of music, musicology and copyright law. The book also examines the role of the Musicians' Union in the evolution of performers' rights in UK copyright law, and, in an empirical study, the transaction costs theory for notice-and-takedown regimes in relation to songs uploaded on YouTube.This unique study offers an interdisciplinary perspective for academics, policymakers and legal practitioners seeking a state-of-the-art understanding of music and copyright law.Contributors: J. Butt, M. Parker Dixon, A. Firth, P.J. Heald, B. Heile, A. Rahmatian, C. Waelde, J. Williamson

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Utgivningsdatum2015-10-30
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
FörlagEdward Elgar Publishing Ltd
ISBN9781783478187

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Contents:Introduction1. What is a ‘Musical work’? Reflections on the Origins of the ‘Work Concept’ in Western Art MusicJohn Butt2. Music Performed: What is Beyond the Score?Charlotte Waelde3. Creativity and Possessive InterestsMartin Parker Dixon4. The Elements of Music Relevant for Copyright ProtectionAndreas Rahmatian5. Who wrote Duke Ellington’s Music? Authorship and Collective Creativity in ‘Mood Indigo’Björn Heile6. Music and Co-authorship/Co-ownershipAlison Firth7. For the Benefit of All Musicians? The Musicians’ Union and Performers’ Rights in the UKJohn Williamson8. How Notice-and-Takedown Regimes Create Markets for Music on Youtube: An Empirical StudyPaul J. HealdIndex

‘I've long known that musicians understand copyright law as little as copyright lawyers understand music, but this book shows brilliantly that such mutual ignorance is deeply rooted in historical, philosophical and practical arguments about music making. In persuading both musicologists and legal theorists to address issues of authorship, creativity, property and performance, Andreas Rahmatian has put together a collection that is essential reading for anyone concerned with the uneasy relationship of music and law. This is a sophisticated, instructive and stimulating book.’