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Roundtable Panel Ii: Digital Video, Andrew Appel, Jeffrey Cunard, Martin Garbus, Edward Hernstadt
Roundtable Panel Ii: Digital Video, Andrew Appel, Jeffrey Cunard, Martin Garbus, Edward Hernstadt
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Roundtable Panel Iii: Digital Audio, Michael Carlinsky, Steven Fabrizio, Katherine Forrest, Nic Garnett
Roundtable Panel Iii: Digital Audio, Michael Carlinsky, Steven Fabrizio, Katherine Forrest, Nic Garnett
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Keynote Address Digital Technology And Digital Piracy Issues, Jesse Feder
Keynote Address Digital Technology And Digital Piracy Issues, Jesse Feder
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Not A Spike Lee Joint? Issues In The Authorship Of Motion Pictures Under U.S. Copyright Law, Jay Dougherty
Not A Spike Lee Joint? Issues In The Authorship Of Motion Pictures Under U.S. Copyright Law, Jay Dougherty
Jay Dougherty
Motion pictures are highly collaborative works. This article reviews fundamental concepts of authorship and joint authorship under copyright law, discusses the numerous creative contributions made to a motion picture, and analyzes what exactly should be protectable authorship in the motion picture context, including with respect to actors' performances. It also briefly considers international law of film authorship, and recommends a legal approach to problems of authorship in motion pictures.
Chillin' Effect Of Section 506: The Battle Over Digital Sampling In Rap Music, Ronald Gaither
Chillin' Effect Of Section 506: The Battle Over Digital Sampling In Rap Music, Ronald Gaither
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law
Digital samples are to rap music as precedent is to the practice of law. Lawyers, mindful of the principle of stare decisis, mine court opinions for arguments to support legal theories. Similarly, rappers use the lyrics and musical arrangements found in previously recorded works to spin out new and creative pieces. But where-as no one worries when a lawyer quotes pieces of old case law to fashion her arguments in a novel case, rappers' heavy reliance on digital sampling routinely puts their community front and center in a debate over copyright infringement...
Considering the severity of most criminal penalties for …
Introduction: From Sheet Music To Mp3 Files—A Brief Perspective On Napster, Harold R. Weinberg
Introduction: From Sheet Music To Mp3 Files—A Brief Perspective On Napster, Harold R. Weinberg
Law Faculty Scholarly Articles
The Napster case is the current cause celebre of the digital age. The story has color. It involves music-sharing technology invented by an eighteen-year-old college dropout whose high school classmates nicknamed him "The Napster" on account of his perpetually kinky hair. The story has drama. Depending on your perspective, it pits rapacious big music companies against poor and hardworking students who just want to enjoy some tunes; or it pits creative and industrious music companies seeking a fair return on their invested effort, time, and money against greedy and irreverent music thieves. And the case has importance. Music maybe intellectual …