1.
Copyright and the World's Most Popular Song
56 Journal of the Copyright Society of the U.S.A. 335 (2009) , GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 392
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 21 Mar 2008
Last Revised: 12 Oct 2019
Accepted Paper Series
George Washington University - Law School
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10,924
2.
From J.C. Bach to Hip Hop: Musical Borrowing, Copyright and Cultural Context
Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 04-21, North Carolina Law Review, Vol. 84, p. 547, 2006
Number of pages: 100
Posted: 10 Dec 2004
Accepted Paper Series
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
Downloads
1,535
3.
Homophobia in Jamaica: A Study of Cultural Heterosexism in Praxis
Number of pages: 45
Posted: 01 Jul 2012
Working Paper Series
Marlboro College
Downloads
1,138
4.
Whose Music is it Anyway? How We Came to View Musical Expression as a Form of Property
Number of pages: 93
Posted: 08 Dec 2003
Accepted Paper Series
American University Washington College of Law
Downloads
1,116
5.
Slicing the Pie: The Search for an Equitable Recorded Music Economy
In P. Wikström and R. DeFillippi (Eds.), Business Innovation and Disruption in the Music Industry. Edward Elgar (2016)
Number of pages: 24
Posted: 26 Nov 2014
Last Revised: 01 Jun 2016
Accepted Paper Series
American University School of Communication
Downloads
737
6.
Rearranging the Roles of the Performer and the Composer in the Music Industry – The Potential Significance of Fisher v. Brooker
Intellectual Property Quarterly, Vol. 1, pp. 64-76, 2012
Number of pages: 30
Posted: 20 Jan 2020
Accepted Paper Series
LSE Law
Downloads
700
7.
Copyright Infringement of Music Cases: Determining Whether What Sounds Alike is Alike
Vanderbilt Journal of Entertainment and Technology Law, Vol. 15, 2013, DePaul University College of Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-07
Number of pages: 69
Posted: 03 May 2012
Last Revised: 28 Oct 2013
Accepted Paper Series
DePaul University College of Law and Roosevelt University, Chicago College of Performing Arts
Downloads
601
8.
Copyright on Catfish Row: Musical Borrowing, Porgy and Bess, and Unfair Use
Rutgers Law Journal, Vol. 37, No. 2, Winter 2006, Case Legal Studies Research Paper No. 05-3, Northwestern Public Law Research Paper No. 667385
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 15 Feb 2005
Accepted Paper Series
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
Downloads
595
9.
Profit Leak? Pre-Release File Sharing and the Music Industry
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 14 May 2012
Last Revised: 03 Apr 2013
Working Paper Series
North Carolina State University
Downloads
523
10.
MP3: The End of Copyright as We Know it?
Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference Law And Technology, August 9-12 1999, pp. 32-37, Honolulu, Hawaii
Number of pages: 12
Posted: 02 Jun 2008
Accepted Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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491
11.
Philip Ewell’s White Racial Framework in Music Theory and Cognitive Science
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 01 Apr 2021
Working Paper Series
Independent
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472
12.
Rap on Trial
Race and Justice 4:185-211
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 08 Feb 2014
Last Revised: 21 Aug 2014
Working Paper Series
University of California, Irvine and University of Richmond
Downloads
469
13.
Is Music the Next eBooks? An Antitrust Analysis of Apple's Conduct in the Music Industry
Columbia Journal of Law & the Arts, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 39
Posted: 28 Jul 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Columbia University, Law School, Students and Columbia University - Law School
Downloads
445
14.
Copyright Levies as an Alternative Compensation Method for Recording Artists and Technological Development
Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 25-39, 2005
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 21 Jul 2008
Accepted Paper Series
Aalto University - Institute of Strategy and Intl. Business and Aalto University - School of Science and Technology
Downloads
430
15.
Beyond the Music: An Investigation of the Political Effects of Rap Music
APSA 2009 Toronto Meeting Paper
Posted: 13 Aug 2009
Last Revised: 28 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
Georgia State University
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425
16.
Digital Sampling v. Appropriation Art: Why Is One Stealing and the Other Fair Use? A Proposal for a Code of Best Practices in Fair Use for Digital Music Sampling
Number of pages: 77
Posted: 16 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
University of Detroit Mercy School of Law
Downloads
419
17.
Revitalizing the Lawyer-Poet: What Lawyers Can Learn from Rock and Roll
Widener Law Journal, Symposium on The Lawyer as Poet Advocate: Bruce Springsteen and the American Lawyer, Vol. 14, p. 907, 2005, Fordham Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 908897
Number of pages: 17
Posted: 22 Jan 2020
Last Revised: 22 Jan 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Fordham University School of Law
Downloads
405
18.
Traditional Culture: A Step Forward for Protection in Indonesia
Ford Foundation, May 2010, American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2010-16
Number of pages: 127
Posted: 30 May 2010
Accepted Paper Series
American University - Washington College of Law
Downloads
359
19.
Father(s?) of Rock & Roll: Why the Johnnie Johnson v. Chuck Berry Songwriting Suit Should Change the Way Copyright Law Determines Joint Authorship
17 Vand. J. of Ent. & Tech. L. 575, Elon University Law Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2014-07
Number of pages: 97
Posted: 26 Nov 2014
Last Revised: 12 Aug 2015
Accepted Paper Series
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
Downloads
358
20.
Cybersecurity as Social Responsibility: Business, Music, and the Symphony of Cyber Peace
Indiana Law Journal, 2018, Kelley School of Business Research Paper No. 17-69
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 18 Sep 2017
Accepted Paper Series
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Law
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313
21.
Deconstructin(G) Jazz Improvisation: Derrida and the Law of the Singular Event
Critical Studies in Improvisation/Études Critiques en Improvisation, Vol. 2, No. 1, 2006
Number of pages: 19
Posted: 20 Jan 2020
Last Revised: 20 Jan 2020
Accepted Paper Series
University of Victoria Faculty of Law
Downloads
298
22.
The Elements of Music Relevant for Copyright Protection
in: Rahmatian, A. (ed.) Concepts of Music and Copyright: How Music Perceives Itself and How Copyright Perceives Music (Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, 2015), pp. 78-122
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 27 Mar 2016
Accepted Paper Series
University of Glasgow - School of Law
Downloads
261
23.
Copyright Jumps the Shark: The Music Modernization Act
Boston University Law Review, Vol. 99, 2019
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 14 Nov 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Lewis & Clark Law School
Downloads
240
24.
I Own Therefore I Am: Copyright, Personality, and Soul Music in the Digital Commons
Rutgers School of Law-Newark Research Papers No. 049
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 29 Aug 2009
Working Paper Series
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey - Rutgers Law School
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199
25.
The Ex-Ante Anthropological Approach to Chinese Music Piracy: Hip-Hop Culture Writes Its Own Story
Journal of Eurasian Law, Vol. 3, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 28
Posted: 17 Nov 2010
Accepted Paper Series
Sophistic Arts
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171
26.
Patented Electric Guitar Pickups and the Creation of Modern Music Genres
George Mason Law Review, Vol. 23, No. 4, 2016, University of Washington School of Law Research Paper No. 2016-20
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 19 Aug 2016
Last Revised: 17 Nov 2016
Accepted Paper Series
George Mason University - Antonin Scalia Law School, Faculty
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167
27.
AI Derivatives: the Application to the Derivative Work Right to Literary and Artistic Productions of AI Machines
Seton Hall Law Review, Vol. 53, 2022, Vanderbilt Law Research Paper No. 22-12
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 08 Feb 2022
Last Revised: 26 May 2022
Working Paper Series
Vanderbilt University - Law School
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164
28.
The Soundscape of Justice
Griffith Law Review 20(4) (2011), 962-993.
Number of pages: 32
Posted: 28 Jul 2012
Accepted Paper Series
University of Melbourne (Law)
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163
29.
A Musical Work is a Set of Instructions
Houston Law Review, Vol. 52, No. 2, 2014, UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2015-21
Number of pages: 70
Posted: 13 Feb 2015
Last Revised: 27 Jun 2018
Accepted Paper Series
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
Downloads
158
30.
An Overview of Record Deals and Record Labels in the Nigerian Music Industry
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 29 Oct 2021
Last Revised: 09 Nov 2021
Working Paper Series
Independent
Downloads
155
31.
What Drives Demand for Playlists on Spotify?
Number of pages: 55
Posted: 20 Apr 2022
Last Revised: 21 Jul 2022
Working Paper Series
Tilburg University - Tilburg University School of Economics and Management and Tilburg University
Downloads
132
32.
Music Consumption at the Dawn of the Music Industry: The Rise of a Cultural Fad
Journal of Cultural Economics, Vol. 38, No. 2, 2014
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 23 Dec 2014
Working Paper Series
Università degli Studi di Milano-Bicocca - Department of Economics, Management and Statistics (DEMS) and Università di Torino
Downloads
130
33.
Copyright’s Creative Hierarchy in the Performing Arts
14 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 797 (2012), American University, WCL Research Paper No. 2012-25
Number of pages: 33
Posted: 08 Jun 2012
Last Revised: 21 Jun 2012
Accepted Paper Series
American University Washington College of Law
Downloads
127
34.
The Functionality of a Contract in The Music Industry: Exploring Options for Entertainer’s Success
Number of pages: 20
Posted: 24 Jun 2020
Working Paper Series
University of Westminster - School of LawUniversity of London
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124
35.
Treating Creative Black Intellectual Property Ownership as a Human Right
Number of pages: 36
Posted: 14 Jul 2020
Working Paper Series
Babson College
Downloads
123
36.
Curation, Music, and Law
UC Irvine School of Law Research Paper No. 2017-13
Number of pages: 37
Posted: 15 Mar 2017
Last Revised: 25 Oct 2019
Working Paper Series
Temple University - James E. Beasley School of Law
Downloads
121
37.
A Performance Right for Recording Artists: Sound Policy at Home and Abroad
Progress & Freedom Foundation Progress on Point Paper No. 15.2
Number of pages: 15
Posted: 16 Apr 2008
Working Paper Series
affiliation not provided to SSRN
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115
38.
Damsels in Distress: Copyright Woes of Katy Perry and Gay's Polly
Number of pages: 22
Posted: 19 Dec 2019
Last Revised: 10 Sep 2020
Working Paper Series
George Washington University Law School
Downloads
114
39.
Prosecuting Rap: What Does the Case Law Tell Us?
Forthcoming in Popular Music (2022), LSE Legal Studies Working Paper No. 07/2022
Number of pages: 25
Posted: 08 Apr 2022
Working Paper Series
London School of Economics - Law School
Downloads
111
40.
Value Based Pricing of Music
Review of Economic Research on Copyright Issues, 2015, 12(1/2), 16-25
Number of pages: 10
Posted: 14 Jan 2016
Accepted Paper Series
Auburn University, Phoenix Center for Advanced Legal & Economic Public Policy Studies and Auburn University
Downloads
111
41.
'Jamendo: The Heartbeat of Free Music!': Musicians and the Creative Commons
Number of pages: 29
Posted: 20 Dec 2014
Working Paper Series
Aix-Marseille University - Aix-Marseille School of Economics, University of Angers - Research Group in Quantitative Saving (GREQAM) and CNRS - GREQAM (Groupement de Recherche en Economie Quantitative d'Aix-Marseille)
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109
42.
Did Chuck Berry Have a Co-Writer?
6 Rock Music Studies 30 (2019)
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 18 Aug 2018
Last Revised: 23 Sep 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Samford University - Cumberland School of Law
Downloads
107
43.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, and The Trap of Inhalt (Content) and Form: An Information Perspective on Music Copyright
Information, Communication & Society, Volume 12, Issue 2, pp. 41-64
Number of pages: 31
Posted: 22 May 2012
Accepted Paper Series
Independent and University of Glasgow - School of Law
Downloads
98
44.
Copy-Right-Brain v. Left-Brain: The Use of Musicologists in Canadian Copyright Infringement Cases
Journal of Intellectual Property Law & Practice, September 2011
Number of pages: 5
Posted: 08 Sep 2011
Accepted Paper Series
New City Chambers and Blaney McMurtry LLP
Downloads
87
45.
A Broken Record: Subjecting 'Music' to Cultural Rights
In James C. Young and Conrad Brunck, eds., Ethics of Cultural Appropriation (London: Blackwell) 179-210. 2009
Number of pages: 38
Posted: 11 Jul 2014
Accepted Paper Series
Florida Gulf Coast University, York University - Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and Independent
Downloads
86
46.
Negotiating Like a Diva: Preserving Creative Autonomy in the Music Industry
Wolverhampton Law Journal, Vol. 3, 2019
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 02 Dec 2019
Accepted Paper Series
Independent
Downloads
83
47.
When Loud Music Threats Human Well Being
Number of pages: 11
Posted: 29 Jul 2019
Working Paper Series
University of Gjakova and University of Gjakova "Fehmi Agani", Faculty of Education
Downloads
61
48.
Rap Facts or Fictional Narratives: How Prosecutors are Using the Creativity of Hip-Hop Artists Against Them
Number of pages: 21
Posted: 28 Apr 2020
Last Revised: 29 Apr 2020
Working Paper Series
Independent
Downloads
58
49.
Cultural Foundations of Peace: How Business, Law, Ethics, and Music Can Provide Infrastructure for Social Harmony
17 Berkeley Business Law Journal 194 (2020)
Number of pages: 40
Posted: 10 Mar 2020
Accepted Paper Series
Indiana University - Kelley School of Business - Department of Business Law and Indiana University - Kelley School of Business
Downloads
57
50.
UNSIGNEDPH Music Lounge: Promoting Unsigned Artist Thru Online Music Distribution Portal
Number of pages: 8
Posted: 07 Aug 2018
Working Paper Series
Pangasinan State University, Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University and University of the Cordilleras
Downloads
47
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