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Issues in Terminating Copyright Grants in Sound Recordings

The year 2013 may be a watershed in the music industry. It is the year that opens a new window in the Copyright Act through which many post-1977 grants of rights under copyright potentially could be terminated.

10 minute read November 28, 2011 at 09:37 AM
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Michael I. Rudell And Neil J. Rosini
Issues in Terminating Copyright Grants in Sound Recordings

The year 2013 may be a watershed in the music industry. It is the year that opens a new window in the Copyright Act through which many post-1977 grants of rights under copyright potentially could be terminated.

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