Music-Related Copyrights
I don't think anyone has ever asked me whether quoting short excerpts of written works is potentially copyright infringing, but thanks to "sampling" jurisprudence and the rhetoric of recording companies and the RIAA, I get lots of questions about using music clips. Tonight I was asked by a neighbor whether her 13 year old son could legally use brief portions of jazz recordings in a multimedia history project he is working on for school. She had already asked the Dean of the University of South Carolina's School of Music, and wanted my input as well, because she was still nervous about the issue. Certain actors have convinced the public that music-related copyrights are really, really powerful.
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