Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SPRING 2019, Volume 44, Number 1
Content
- 2019 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Case Comments
- Contents
- Federal Circuit Report
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2018-2019
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2018-2019
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
- Letter from the Chair
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- The Licensing Corner
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- Copyright News
Copyright News
Jo Ardalan
One LLP
NEW MUSIC MODERNIZATION ACT TUNES COPYRIGHT LAW TO DIGITAL AUDIO
On October 11, 2018, President Trump signed the Orrin G. Hatch-Bob Goodlatte Music Modernization Act ("MMA"). The MMA is the first major copyright legislation since the 1998 enactment of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act intended to modernize copyright law for the Internet age. It is intended to ensure fairness and transparency for recording artists, songwriters, producers, and engineers.1 The MMA consolidated three legislative proposals: the Musical Works Modernization Act of 2018 in Title I; the Classics Protection and Access Act or "CLASSICS Act" in Title II; and the Allocation for Music Producers or "AMP" Act in Title III.2