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The Aftermath Of Aftermath: The Impact Of Digital Music Distribution On The Recording Industry, Michael Mccubbin

The University of New Hampshire Law Review

[Excerpt] “This article will address the impact the shift from hard-copy recordings to digital music distribution has had on the recording industry. Specifically, it will apply F.B.T. Productions v. Aftermath Records, which correctly held that a label’s relationship with third-party-digital-music-providers is that of licensor-licensee, to the modern music industry. Based on this holding, record labels need to reconsider their relationships with artists, and create new business models that rely on licensing music, rather than the traditional sale-based distribution model. The decision in Aftermath will lead to increased royalties for artists in the Digital Age. This article will analyze the impact …

Comm-Entary, Spring 2012 - Full Issue

Comm-entary

In this issue:

Changing Perspectives: A Medium Analysis of the Lytro Light Field Camera by Kelly Martin

Corporate Media Elections of Justices by Matthew S. Jones

The Geek Mystique: How Cultural Oversight of Programming Language Rein forces Traditional Power Structures by Kendra Mack

Male Dancer by Katelyn E. Madden

Mealtime Routines as a Resource for Meaning-Making by Brittany Adelhardt

Production Variable Manipulation and the Viewer’s Response: A Grammar Perspective of No Country for Old Men by Rachel Pink

Media Representation of Redheaded Males, the Not-Quite-Other by Joe Roy

Silence and Suspense in No Country for Old Men: A Unique Western …