Music Rights: Inside & Out
Event Info
Description
A beginner’s guide to music copyright – everything you need to know about copyright law, licensing, monetising copyright, the fight against piracy and the future of the music rights industry.
CONTENT
• A beginners guide to the Copyright, Designs & Patents Act 1988.
• Ownership of music rights.
• Copyright terms.
• Debate: The case for extending the term of the sound recording copyright.
• Monetising rights by exploiting ‘restricted acts’.
• Compulsory licensing and collecting societies.
• Artist rights.
• Discussion: New ways to exploit music rights.
• The importance of ‘fan relationships’ and how music rights fit into fan-drive business models.
• The piracy story – from Amstrad to three-strikes.
• Options for combating file-sharing.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
• The key elements of the CDPA of relevance to the music rights industry.
• How copyrights are monetised.
• The basics of compulsory licensing and the role of collecting societies.
• How the music rights industry is changing.
• Ideas for alternative ways to monetise music rights.
• Current issues facing the music rights industry, including copyright terms and piracy.
WHO THIS COURSE WILL BENEFIT
• Anyone who works in a licensing role at a label, publisher, collecting society or rights agency.
• Any artist or manager who wants an understanding of music rights.
• Any entrepreneur setting up or running a label, publishing company or management agency.
• Accountants or financial advisors who specialise in the music business.
• Any media, marketing or digital executive looking to licence music.
• Any music business or entertainment law student.
• Anyone with an interest in copyright or the music rights industries.
CMU publishes the UK's leading daily music business bulletin, CMU Daily. Alongside this, we provide a number of acclaimed one-day training courses for music business professionals, providing in-depth and bang up to date knowledge and advice for music practitioners.
"The best music business training event I have attended; relevant and up to date, your knowledge of and enthusiasm for the industry is simply exceptional"
