Just Released Book by author of Law on the Row, Barry Neil Shrum, defends copyright
Authored by Law on the Row creator and blogger, Barry Neil Shrum, Esq., Introduction by The Shark, Daymond John. Should society abolish all intellectual property? In the wake of such grassroots uprisings as the one generated by the SOPA legislation, there is a trend to answer that question in the affirmative, to discount the value of the copyright monopoly established long ago by our society. The movement extends worldwide, as organizations such as Sweden’s Pirate Bay Party and Missionary Church of Kopimism threaten to destroy the universal concept of monopolies for original thought. In the U.S., this historic concept was originated by James Madison and Thomas Jefferson when they drafted the Copyright Clause, Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the Constitution, which gives authors and inventors an exclusive right to exploit the fruits of their labors for a limited time. In Origins of an Idea, Mr. Shrum defends the concept of original expression and the Constitutional protection for original ideas against this onslaught of attacks. Through reason and apologetics, from a philosophical and historical perspective, he defends and illustrates the value of the copyright concept and the inherent rights we have in our own original expressions.
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Legal Resources
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U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 50 (Instructions regarding registration of musical compositions)
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U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 56 (Instructions regarding registration of sound recordings)
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U.S. Copyright Office, Circular 56a (Discusses distinction between musical composition and sound recording copyrights)
- The Copyright Society of the USA
Nashville Record Labels
Chart & Other Nashville Publications
Mechanical Rights Organizations
Performance Rights Organizations
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ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers)
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SESAC, Inc.
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The Harry Fox Agency
(Mechanical Collection) -
Performing Right Society
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GEMA (The German Authors’ Rights Society)
(Performance and Mechanical Collection) -
Belgium Society of Authors, Composers & Publishers
(Performance and Mechanical Collection) -
APRA
(New Zealand & Australia Mechanical Collection) -
The Nordic Copyright Bureau
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TONO
(Norway Mechanical Collection) -
(Dutch & Netherlands Copyright Society)
Other Music Industry Organizations
- GAC
- National Endowment for the Arts
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American Federation of Musicians (AFM)
of the United States & Canada -
Nashville Musician’s Union
(Local AFM) - Electronic Music Foundation