MUIN 270- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 72 pages long!)
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101 for anything that ever takes investment money (other peoples money) = grow or die. Money doesn"t have to be the driving inspiration, but businesses always need it. Banks aren"t willing to give labels money --> too risky, 9/10 venture fail. Indie labels get a lot of their money from big labels. Your competitors are really other businesses competing for the same investment money. Copyright is the basis of the music industry. Piracy benefits consumers, but inverse impact on creators, the economy, and the greater society. Precursor to law, but not meant to encourage dissemination (unlike law!) Now both/either publishers and citizens can have the rights. Limited term length for new copyright registrations to 14 + 14 years. 1st u. s. law was based on the statue of anne. U. s. constitution (1787) - makes a federal law - controlled by congress. In order to qualify for copyright protection, a work must be: Non-utilitarian - not to be covered by a patent.
