Music Copyright Infringement: Global Perspectives | UIC Law

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With a focus on how courts adjudicate music copyright infringement disputes in Asia, Europe, and North America, this conference addressed access and substantial similarity, fair use, performers’ rights, moral rights, expert testimony, the role of lay listeners, and sound sampling, as demonstrated in dispositions of litigated and settled infringement disputes.
Building on work done by the Music Copyright Infringement Resource, this conference represented a cross-pollination of ideas relating to national copyright regimes and musical expertise that offered new insights into adjudicated music infringement disputes, as well as those involving other genres of expression, in the U.S. and overseas.
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00:00 - WELCOME REMARKS
- Professor Robert Brauneis, Co-Director, Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property Studies, George Washington University Law School
- Charles Cronin, Visiting Scholar, George Washington University Law School
- Professor Daryl Lim, Director, Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
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06:56 - SESSION 1: MUSIC COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IN ASIA
- Moderator: Charles Cronin, Visiting Scholar, George Washington University Law School
- Subhash Bhutoria, Partner-Designate, L&L Partners
- Troy Chen, Senior Lecturer, London College of Communication
- Professor Chien-Chih (Jesse) Lu, National Chengchi University
- Professor Patrick Savage, Keio University
- Dong (Lily) Xue, Senior Associate, GEN Law Firm
** Sub-Topics **
06:59 - Who decides music infringement disputes - judges, jurors, or experts?
24:23 - Copyright infringement & TikTok: changing attitudes in China
43:21 - Establishing substantial similarity: experts and algorithms
50:58 -The dark side of algorithms and their weaponization
57:36 - Bollywood v. folk music
1:06:50 - Cover versions and statutory licensing in India
1:12:55 - Is copyright only relevant to western music traditions?
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1:25:00 - SESSION 2: MUSIC COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IN EUROPE
- Moderator: Professor Robert Brauneis, Co-Director, Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property Studies, George Washington University Law School
- Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Consulting Professor, Music and Symbolic Systems, Stanford University
- Jonathan Huber, Content Manager, GEMA Direktion Kommunikation
- Gauthier Lunardi, Stagiaire, Cabinet Découvertes et Droit
- Professor Daniel Müllensiefen, Goldsmiths, University of London
- Martin Schaefer, Partner, Boehmert & Boehmert
- Leonie Schwannecke, Studentische Hilfskraft, Bucerius Law School
** Sub-Topics **
1:41:25 - Use of experts and technology, including database information
1:44:29 - Interpreting database information and the Ed Sheeran case
1:59:28 - The role of melody
2:30:50 - Sampling and development under German law
2:40:59 - Protection of songs used in political contexts
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2:58:46 - SESSION 3: MUSIC COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT IN THE U.S.
- Moderator: Professor Daryl Lim, Director, Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law
- Peter J. Anderson, Partner, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
- Hon. Denny Chin, Senior Circuit Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
- Robert W. Clarida, Partner, Reitler Kailas & Rosenblatt LLP
- Professor Kristelia García, University of Colorado Law School
- Professor Joseph Fishman, Vanderbilt Law School
- Robert Kasunic, Associate Register of Copyrights; Director, Registration Policy & Practice, U.S. Copyright Office
** Sub-Topics **
2:58:49 - Music copyright infringement: a judicial approach
3:05:28 - Venue considerations
3:08:32 - Who best determines substantial similarity: Judge, jury, or musicologists?
3:34:06 - The inverse ratio rule
3:38:21 - Skidmore and the deposit copy requirement
3:47:23 - Fair use in music copyright infringement case
4:02:43 - Authoring prior art: disentangling complex, overlapping music copyright doctrines
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4:37:36 - CLOSING REMARKS
- Professor Robert Brauneis, Co-Director, Dean Dinwoodey Center for Intellectual Property Studies, George Washington University Law School
- Charles Cronin, Visiting Scholar, George Washington University Law School
- Professor Daryl Lim, Director, Center for Intellectual Property, Information & Privacy Law, University of Illinois Chicago School of Law