Rock N' Roll CLE Courses
Rock n Roll Law Greatest Hits: We will cover everything you need to know about music copyright law with two hours of ethics.
Rock n Roll Law Greatest Hits: We will cover everything you need to know about music copyright law with two hours of ethics.
Rock n Roll Law Greatest Hits: We will cover everything you need to know about music copyright law with two hours of ethics.
Rock n Roll Law Greatest Hits: We will cover everything you need to know about music copyright law with two hours of ethics.
Rock n Roll Law Greatest Hits: We will cover everything you need to know about music copyright law with two hours of ethics.
Rock n Roll Law Greatest Hits: We will cover everything you need to know about music copyright law with two hours of ethics.
Intro to Music Copyright Law Through a Song: The Story of “Hallelujah”
If you are interested in taking one of our music copyright CLE courses, but are unable to attend a live event, you are in luck. In addition to live CLE courses, Rock N' Roll Law offers a number of on demand CLE options.
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The Exclusive Rights you Get with a Copyright
This course focuses on the rights any songwriter gets under Federal law once they write a song, such as reproduction, distribution, public performance, digital distribution, derivatives, and public display. We will focus on the multiple revenue streams that songs generate and how musicians can take advantage of those.
Further, we will discuss how each right affects each particular copyright in a song. Particular emphasis is focused on mechanical royalties, performance royalties, licensing, and publishing.
The Top 10 Music Copyright Cases of All Time
A review of the legal standards in copyright cases, defenses, and potential damages before moving on the countdown of the Top Ten Music Copyright Cases of All-Time from George Harrison to Sam Smith; from Led Zeppelin to Robin Thicke; from John Fogarty to Coldplay.
The Two Copyrights in a Song: The looming battle over Sound Recordings
An in-depth look at the two copyrights in a song and the looming battle over termination rights and why it’s important to own both copyrights if you’re a musician. This more advanced course examines whether sound recordings constitute “works-made-for-hire” and the issue surrounding that.
How Songs Are Built and Copyright Infringement Cases
This course discusses how songs are built (and why they all seem to sound alike) and how this effects music copyright standards and cases. We will listen to lots of examples of songs sounding alike and common ways songs are written.
Introduction to Music Copyright Concepts
This course focuses on basic music copyright concepts such as record labels, the two “worlds” of music, and music publishing. We will discuss the origins of copyright law, why have copyrights and what is a copyright. We will focus on registering your work and why it is important to do so, along with step-by-step instructions on how to fill out the proper forms.
Music Sampling, Derivative Works in a Digital Age
With the increasing prevalence of sampling in pop music, hip hop, and DJ culture, what are the legal parameters and consequences, and where does fair use fit into this growing area of law.
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