Subject Guides: Music: Popular: Pop Music and The Law

Recommended Books

Music Borrowing and Copyright Law by Enrico Bonadio (Editor); Chen Wei Zhu (Editor)
Call Number: on order
ISBN: 1509949380
Publication Date: 2023-10-19
Owning the Masters by Richard Osborne; Matt Brennan (Series edited by); Simon Frith (Series edited by)
Call Number: on order
ISBN: 1501345915
Publication Date: 2022-12-15
The Little Book of Music Law by Amber Nicole Shavers This fascinating new addition to the ABA Little Book library discusses the history and cases surrounding the music business from the early 20th century through today, including cases involving some overwhelming talents within the music industry
Call Number: ML 3790 .S52 L57 2013
ISBN: 9781627221474
Publication Date: 2014-06-10
Music Law : How to run your band's business by Rich Stim Features business and legal advice for bands, covering such topics as drafting a partnership agreement, using samples, registering a band name, selling and licensing music, touring on a budget, and understanding record contracts.
Call Number: ML 3790 .S74 M87 2012
ISBN: 9781413317435
Publication Date: 2012-09-17
Pop Goes to Court by Brian Southall Southall presents 24 of the most well known court cases involving pop and rock musicians, including Liberace, The Beatles, Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix and U2.
Call Number: ML 3534 .S668 P66 2008
ISBN: 1847721133
Publication Date: 2009-04-01

Music Copyright Law in the U.S.A. by Ronald B. Standler, an attorney who writes "a terse description of copyright law".

Looking for Free Music?

Free Music Archive
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Creative Commons Directory
listing of organizations and projects powered by Creative Commons licenses
The Freesound Project
huge database of free sound samples
ccMixter
offers sound samples for remixes and mashups

Copyright News

Law professor Lawrence Lessig is the chair of Creative Commons, a nonprofit organization "dedicated to making it easier for people to share and build upon the work of others, consistent with the rules of copyright."
Lessig discusses his book, Remix, on NPR.

Copyright Information

BYU's Copyright Licensing website provides basic copyright information
World Intellectual Property Organization : WIPO is the global forum for intellectual property services, policy, information and cooperation; a self-funding agency of the United Nations