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Care For A Sample? De Minimis, Fair Use, Blockchain, And An Approach To An Affordable Music Sampling System For Independent Artists, Sean M. Corrado
Care For A Sample? De Minimis, Fair Use, Blockchain, And An Approach To An Affordable Music Sampling System For Independent Artists, Sean M. Corrado
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
Thanks, in part, to social media and the digital streaming age of music, independent artists have seen a rise in popularity and many musicians have achieved mainstream success without the affiliation of a major record label. Alongside the growth of independent music has come the widespread use of music sampling. Sampling, which was once depicted as a crime perpetrated by hip-hop artists, is now prevalent across charttopping hits from all genres. Artists have used sampling as a tool to integrate cultures, eras, and styles of music while experimenting with the bounds of musical creativity. Artists whose works are sampled have …
Content Providers’ Secondary Liability: A Social Network Perspective, Michal Lavi
Content Providers’ Secondary Liability: A Social Network Perspective, Michal Lavi
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
Recent technological developments allow Internet users to disseminate ideas to a large audience. These technological advances empower individuals and promote important social objectives. However, they also create a setting for speech-related torts, harm, and abuse. One legal path to deal with online defamation turns to the liability of online content providers who facilitate the harmful exchanges. The possibility of bringing them to remove defamatory content and collecting damages from them attracted a great deal of attention in scholarly work, court decisions, and regulations. Different countries established different legal regimes. The United States allows an extensive shield—an overall immunity, as it …
Technology And Intellectual Property: Out Of Sync Or Hope For The Future?, Bradford L. Smith
Technology And Intellectual Property: Out Of Sync Or Hope For The Future?, Bradford L. Smith
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Sampling, Looping, And Mashing . . . Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Sampling, Looping, And Mashing . . . Oh My!: How Hip Hop Music Is Scratching More Than The Surface Of Copyright Law, Tonya M. Evans
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
This article examines the deleterious impact of copyright law on music creation. It highlights hip hop music as an example of a genre significantly and negatively impacted by 1) the per se infringement rule applied in some instances to cases involving unauthorized sampling of sound recordings; and 2) traditional (and arguably erroneous) assumptions in copyright law and policy of independent creation and Romantic authorship. For decades hip hop producers have relied on the innovative use of existing recordings (most of which are protected by copyright), to create completely new works. Specifically, cuttin’ and scratchin’, digital sampling, looping and (most recently) …
Struggling With Sunshine: Analyzing The Impact Of Technology On Compliance With Open Government Laws Using Florida As A Case Study, Sandra F. Chance, Christine M. Locke
Struggling With Sunshine: Analyzing The Impact Of Technology On Compliance With Open Government Laws Using Florida As A Case Study, Sandra F. Chance, Christine M. Locke
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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The Google-Nsa Alliance: Developing Cybersecurity Policy At Internet Speed, Stephanie A. Devos
The Google-Nsa Alliance: Developing Cybersecurity Policy At Internet Speed, Stephanie A. Devos
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Fair Use: Its Application, Limitations And Future. , Sonia Katyal, Paul Aiken, Laura Quilter, David O. Carson, John, Jr. G. Palfrey, Hugh C. Hansen
Fair Use: Its Application, Limitations And Future. , Sonia Katyal, Paul Aiken, Laura Quilter, David O. Carson, John, Jr. G. Palfrey, Hugh C. Hansen
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Open Source Software The Success Of An Alternative Intellectual Property Incentive Paradigm, Marcus Maher
Open Source Software The Success Of An Alternative Intellectual Property Incentive Paradigm, Marcus Maher
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Panel I: The First Amendment Implications Of Convergence, Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Nicholas Jollymore, Janine Jaquet, Jonathan Zittrain
Panel I: The First Amendment Implications Of Convergence, Andrew Jay Schwartzman, Nicholas Jollymore, Janine Jaquet, Jonathan Zittrain
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Illuminating The Law Of Copyright: Holographic Data Storage Takes Intellectual Property To A New Dimension, Patti Burshtyn
Illuminating The Law Of Copyright: Holographic Data Storage Takes Intellectual Property To A New Dimension, Patti Burshtyn
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Arbitration Of Patent Disputes: An Important Option In The Age Of Information Technology, Karl P. Kilb
Arbitration Of Patent Disputes: An Important Option In The Age Of Information Technology, Karl P. Kilb
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
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Eec Licensing Of Intellectual Property, Valentine Korah
Eec Licensing Of Intellectual Property, Valentine Korah
Fordham Intellectual Property, Media and Entertainment Law Journal
No abstract provided.