About This Course
This informative CLE course will demonstrate the importance of registering your copyrights in the music world. The registration of copyrights is the best way to add value to creative works as well as to protect them. The course will delve into the cost/benefit analysis of registration and offer a primer on Copyright Law as it relates to the music industry.
The course will address issues such as parody, fair use, and compulsory licensing and discuss the elements of copyright infringement and how they pertain to the music industry specifically. The course will also present the importance of the deposit copy and the outcomes of Skidmore and Ed Sheeran.
The course will conclude with the various types of royalties including those that are available through ASCAP and BMI.
