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Belmont University

2016

The AMP Act

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Fair Play Fair Pay: The Need For A Terrestrial Public Performance Right And General Copyright Reform, Loren E. Mulraine Jan 2016

Fair Play Fair Pay: The Need For A Terrestrial Public Performance Right And General Copyright Reform, Loren E. Mulraine

Belmont Law Review

Copyright is a unique species of the law, tethered in a very tangible way to what is largely an intangible: intellectual property. It should be no surprise then that any collection of laws governing property that can be literally created in a moment out of nothing but the mind of the creator, will ultimately have an eternal struggle keeping pace with that very thing it purports to govern. Historically, copyright law has been relegated to being the horse that is second to cross the finish line at the Kentucky Derby. The horse is indeed world class; however, it is simply …


Fair Play Fair Pay: The Need For A Terrestrial Public Performance Right And General Copyright Reform, Loren E. Mulraine Jan 2016

Fair Play Fair Pay: The Need For A Terrestrial Public Performance Right And General Copyright Reform, Loren E. Mulraine

Law Faculty Scholarship

Copyright is a unique species of the law, tethered in a very tangible way to what is largely an intangible: intellectual property. It should be no surprise then that any collection of laws governing property that can be literally created in a moment out of nothing but the mind of the creator, will ultimately have an eternal struggle keeping pace with that very thing it purports to govern. Historically, copyright law has been relegated to being the horse that is second to cross the finish line at the Kentucky Derby. The horse is indeed world class; however, it is simply …