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Copyright and Performing Rights
BMI - Broadcast Music Inc.
Provides a searchable database of who owns 7.5 million song titles.
Copyright Registration of Musical Compositions and Sound Recordings
Details the difference between musical composition and sound recordings and how to copyright them.
Creative Commons
Provides legal and technical infrastructure to allow digital sharing.
Public Domain Information Project
Searchable list of music in the public domain as well as information about intellectual property with respect to musical works.
Rockin' the Trademark
From the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.
SESAC
Also a performing rights organization, SESAC is a business designed to represent songwriters and publishers and their right to be compensated for having their music performed in public.
Books @ Bailey Library
Music Law
by
Richard Stim
Call Number: KF390 .E57 S87 2021
ISBN: 9781413321906
Publication Date: 2015-09-28
The Small Business Start-Up Kit
by
Peri Pakroo
Call Number: KF1659 .P35 2018
ISBN: 9781413324747
Publication Date: 2018-02-28
Working for Yourself
by
Stephen Fishman
Call Number: KF390 .I54 F57 2017
ISBN: 9781413323696
Publication Date: 2017-02-27
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