Understanding music law.
Even career musicians get timid when it comes to talking about intellectual property law. They may?know the difference between the Lydian and Mixolydian modes like the backs of their hands, but mechanical licenses? DPDs? Derivative works? You might as well be speaking Greek (unless you?re Greek, in which case you might as well be speaking Mandarin.)
However, as self-guided success stories and full-time DIY careers become more common, it?s increasingly important that you understand how the music business used to work, how it does work (kinda), and what changes are probably on the horizon.
It?s just jargon.
Like any other field, IP law has its own lingo. Once you familiarize yourself with the terms, everything else will seem less scary. I highly recommend a book by Donald S. Passman called ?All You Need to Know About the Music Business.? Now in its 7th edition, this book has been kept up-to-date as the industry changed drastically throughout the last decade.
When I first started working at CD Baby, I read this book over the course of a couple weeks and it profoundly changed how I thought about the music business. If you?ve read any similar books that you would highly recommend, please let me know in the comments section below.
Also, our friends at the Echoes Blog have put together an article that touches on the basics of music copyright, including what copyright is in the first place, how copyright is established, how to register your copyright with the Library of Congress, what the copyright-holder?s exclusive rights are, and some general music-licensing lingo.
Happy reading!
-Chris R. at CD Baby
Sell your music on Amazon, iTunes, CD Baby, Rhapsody, Napster, Spotify, and more!
Source: http://diymusician.cdbaby.com/2011/06/music-copyright-101-the-basic-legal-lingo/
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