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A musical minefield

Posted by Joel Eaton on Tuesday 17 August 2010 at 2:49pm
Tags: copyright | licensing | music | performance rights | recording rights | sound recordings |

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Anyone who has ever delved into copyright law and music (and came out the other side the same person) will know that simplicity and common sense certainly don't have a place in this murky area.

As the music industry has evolved (and continues to) over the last decades, copyright law has been re-jigged, re-hashed with areas re-defined and bolted on the side. One company, who deal with music licensing, has mapped the mess together in this graph, a fitting tribute to the confusion which now abounds.

Follow this link for the full size version http://bit.ly/90CSJa


Image created by Wiggins LLP. Used with Permissions

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