Music and copyright
By: edited by Simon Frith.
Contributors: Frith, Simon.
Series: Edinburgh law and society series
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
Subjects: Copyright -- Music.
Description: Did you know that in Italian law a translator can claim rights income from the original song, whatever its language? Or that in the next thirty years we can expect to see multiple editions of classic Beatles, Presley and Dylan tracks as the original recordings go out of copyright? This book takes a closer look at the state of intellectual property in the age of digital technology and globalisation.

It shows how copyright law determines the structure of the international music business today and actually works against the interests of musical creativity. Written by music researchers and journalists, it highlights problems and solutions for the music industry and lawyers in Britain, the USA, Japan, Germany, Ghana and Canada amongst other countries, and analyses the cultural issues at work in new legislation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction / Simon Frith; title: Music and morality / Simon Frith; title: Copyright and the international music industry / Dave Laing; title: Technology, economy, and copyright reform in Canada / Paul Théberge; title: Music and copyright in the USA / Steve Jones; title: Bette Midler and the piracy of identity / Jane M. Gaines; title: Making it visible : the 1990 public inquiry into Australian music copyrights / Marcus Breen; title: Copyright and music in Japan : a forced grafting and its consequences / Tôru Mitsui; title: The problem of oral copyright : the case of Ghana / John Collins; title: Copyright : the dark side of the music business / Franco Fabbri; title: Co[p]yright in Germany / Simon Frith.