Music Copyright: A Historical, Incentives-Based, and Aesthetic Analysis of the Law of Music

3 credits · Law School

Course will begin by exploring the historical structure of incentives in music and the changing economics of music production, including the preconditions for thinking of music as 'property' and the gradual shift from patronage to a market-oriented system. It will then proceed to examine music's unusually complex and increasingly fraught relationship with copyright law. Either Intellectual Property Law (Law 270) or Copyright Law (Law 322) is required as a pre-requisite or co-requisite. International LLM students who are unable to meet this requirement may request a waiver directly from the professor before registering.