The Present and Future of Music Law

305 Pages·2021·5.144 MB·English

by  Ann Harrison, Tony Rigg

The Present and Future
of Music Law

The Present and Future
of Music Law
Ann Harrison and Tony Rigg
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Contents
List of illustrations vii
Special thanks must go to ix
Editors and Foreword x
List of contributors xi
Foreword: Music law: Music and the law Peter Hook xv
Reflection on the Foreword Tony Rigg xix
Introduction: Music law: Unravelling complexities Tony Rigg and The
perspective of a legal practitioner Ann Harrison 1
Part One Tensions between the rights of copyright owners and the
freedom to create
1 Copyright, royalties and industrial decline Richard Osborne 27
2 Sampling practice: The threat of copyright management to its
future (and past) Justin Morey 46
3 Emerging frontiers: Platform regulation of mashups in and beyond
an EU context Alan Hui 64
4 Music copyright, creators and fans: Enemies or friends in the
digital domain? Paul G. Oliver and Stefan Lalchev 82
5 Piracy: Past, present and future: How the recording industry can
disrupt, mitigate and innovate in troubled waters James Brandes 100
Part Two Responding to the needs of the music business
6 Mediation and arbitration: An alternative forum for transnational
dispute resolution in the music industries Metka Potočnik 127
7 The acoustic trademark Katarzyna Krupa-Lipińska 148
8 The derivative work right and the creative epistemologies of the
other: Working towards a legal framework for remix Lesley Model 173
vi Contents
9 The US compulsory licence: A lesson in technological
development and legislation shaping the music market
Ralph W. Peer 190
Part Three The developing commercial landscape
10 Blockchain: Hero or hindrance for the music industry from a legal
perspective Charlotte O’Mara 209
11 Greening the live music industry Teresa Moore 229
12 Branding and endorsement: The growing importance of branding
and the developing legal framework Emma Harding 247
13 The artist/manager relationship Jules O’Riordan, a.k.a. Judge
Jules, and Les Gillon 263
Index 277
Illustrations
Figures
3.1 Blocking requests for webpages on Mashup Site A’s old domain
from Google Transparency Report. Photo courtesy of Alan Hui 68
3.2 Request to take down webpage on Mashup Site A’s new domain
from Google Transparency Report. Photo courtesy of Alan Hui 70
3.3 Sample licensing in action. Photo courtesy of Alan Hui 73
7.1 EUTM no. 001312008. Available at: https://euipo .europa .eu /
eSearch/ #details /trademarks /001312008 153
7.2 EUTM 003553261. Available at: https://euipo .europa .eu /eSearch/
#details /trademarks /003553261 153
7.3 EUTM no. 013823539. Available at: https://euipo .europa .eu /
eSearch/ #details /trademarks /013823539 155
7.4 EUTM 002984912. Available at: https://euipo .europa .eu /eSearch/
#details /trademarks /002984912 159
7.5 EUTM 011301082. Available at: https://euipo .europa .eu /eSearch/
#details /trademarks /011301082 160
7.6 EUTM 010265486. Available at: https://euipo .europa .eu /eSearch/
#details /trademarks /010265486 160
7.7 Polish trademark R.155520. Available at: https://ewyszukiwarka
.pue .uprp .gov .pl /search /pwp -details /Z .227333 160
7.8 Polish trademark R.300795. Available at: https://ewyszukiwarka
.pue .uprp .gov .pl /search /pwp -details /Z .438707 161
7.9 EUTM no. 005170113. Available at: https://euipo .europa .eu /
eSearch/ #details /trademarks /005170113 163
7.10 EUTM no. 005090055. Available at: https://euipo .europa .eu /
eSearch/ #details /trademarks /005090055 164
7.11 WO 1215169. Available at: https://euipo .europa .eu /eSearch/
#details /trademarks /W01215169 166
viii Illustrations
7.12 WO 1291399. Available at: https://euipo .europa .eu /eSearch/
#details /trademarks /W01291399 168
10.1 How blockchain works. Diagram courtesy of www .blockgeeks .com 210
11.1 Summarises the hierarchy of regulation and self-regulation
currently in place. Image Courtesy of Teresa Moore 236
11.2 The Circular Economy. Image Courtesy of Teresa Moore 242
Special thanks must go to
The University of Central Lancashire, The School of Arts and Media and The
School of Justice for supporting the Music Law and Practice Conference 2019,
Jane Anthony, Andrew Churchill, Les Gillon, Georgina Gregory, Vivienne Ivins,
Ewa Mazierska and Simon Price.
John Rigg, Dorothy Rigg, Sophie Rigg, Ava Rigg, and Anna Rigg, Joanne
Smith, Max Smith and Johnny Jay.
Particular thanks must go to Glen Woodroffe.
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