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UIC School of Law

2011

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You Don’T Own Me: Why Work For Hire Should Not Be Applied To Sound Recordings, 10 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 695 (2011), William Henslee, Elizabeth Henslee Jan 2011

You Don’T Own Me: Why Work For Hire Should Not Be Applied To Sound Recordings, 10 J. Marshall Rev. Intell. Prop. L. 695 (2011), William Henslee, Elizabeth Henslee

UIC Review of Intellectual Property Law

Many recording artists and songwriters never reap the rewards of their work. America’s first professional songwriter died in poverty at the age of thirty-seven. At the Congressional level the situation has described recording artists as “one group of creators who get ripped off more than anybody else in any other industry”. As we approach 2013, there will be a new line of cases that deal with authors of sound recordings attempting to terminate their copyright assignment to the record companies. While the most efficient and frugal solution would be legislative action, the most probable outcome is expensive, fact-intensive litigation. Congress …


A Delayed Penalty: The Implications Of The Ilya Kovalchuk Arbitration Decision On The National Hockey League, 45 J. Marshall L. Rev. 145 (2011), Morgan Marcus Jan 2011

A Delayed Penalty: The Implications Of The Ilya Kovalchuk Arbitration Decision On The National Hockey League, 45 J. Marshall L. Rev. 145 (2011), Morgan Marcus

UIC Law Review

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