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The Fundamental Principle Under United States Copyright Law

 
  • The Need For Vision
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  • Fair Use
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  • Playboy and the Work Made for Hire Agreement
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  • Work Made For Hire Agreements
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  • Recording Artists' Rights To Group Names
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  • The Six Potential Traps In A Recording Contract
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  • The Use of Music on a Multimedia Web Site
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  • Recording Contract Royalties
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  • The Web Site Audit Check List
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  • Owned and Controlled Licenses
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  • Napster and Fair Use
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  • Precise Contract Language: "Flashdance"
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  • Copyright Transfers
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  • Exit Strategies
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  • The Right to Transfer Copyright Licenses
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  • Precise Contract Language
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  • Fair Use of Trademarks
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  • Napster, Grokster and Morpheus
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  • Precise Contract Language--Again
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  • California's P2P Law
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  • Fair Use: Music Sampling
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  • Copyright: What It Does Not Protect
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  • "Bad" Contracts: Leverage Follows The Money
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  • The Price of Popcorn: The Personal Service Contract
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  • Fair Use: Even More Issues: Follow Up
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  • The Personal Manager Agreement
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  • Derivative vs. Collective Works
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  • Rights to Recording Group Names-Further Issues
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  • Termination of Transfers
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  • The All Around, 360 Deal
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  • Divorce and Copyright: Getting Back...Or Losing... Rights You Thought You Lost...Or Had
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  • Collaboration: Further Issues
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  • Ten Words That Can Help You Make Money
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  • Controlled Composition Provisions in Recording Agreements
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  • Is It A Sale...Or A License?
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  • The First Sale Doctrine
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  • Submitting Ideas 
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  • The Independent Label/Production Deal
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  • Precise Contract Language: Yet Again
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