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I Want My Mp3: Legal And Policy Barriers To A Legitimate Digital Music Marketplace, Shane Wagman, Future Of Music Coalition

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

The Future of Music Coalition (FMC) has provided a voice in Washington, D.C. for musicians since 2000. One of our principal beliefs is that creation, both artistic and technological, is valuable and that artists deserve to be compensated for their work. The amount of this compensation and the mechanisms to facilitate payment are, of course, subject to contracts, market value, and other factors, some experimental or technological in nature. FMC also believes that music fans should be able to lawfully access the music they want without undue barriers or restrictions. Needless to say, finding the appropriate balance between creators' rights …

The Constitutionality Of The Appointment Of Copyright Royalty Judges By The Librarian Of Congress Under The Appointments Clause, John P. Strohm

Journal of Intellectual Property Law

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The Balance Between Recording Artists And Recording Companies: A Tip In Favor Of The Artists?, Nicholas Baumgartner

Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment & Technology Law

To protest the 1999 Copyright Act amendment, recording artists Don Henley and Sheryl Crow, among others, co-founded the RAC. While formed to serve as a "voice for artists' rights," the primary impetus behind its founding was to lobby Congress to delete sound recordings from the definition of "works made for hire" in the Copyright Act. Together with intense lobbying by AFTRA, individual recording artists and legal scholars, the RAC succeeded--in October 2000, sound recordings were removed from the definition of "works made for hire."

The momentum gained by artists in this lobbying effort inspired an attack on the other proverbial …

Keynote Address Digital Technology And Digital Piracy Issues, Jesse Feder

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

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Who's Afraid Of The Big Bad Works Made For Hire Doctrine?-Not The Supreme Court, Nicholas C. Katsoris

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

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Stranger In Parodies: Weird Al And The Law Of Musical Satire, Charles J. Sanders, Steven R. Gordon

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

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Federal Preemption Of The Right Of Publicity In Sing-Alike Cases, Leonard A. Wohl

Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal

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