Intellectual Property Law
New Matter SPRING 2019, Volume 44, Number 1
Content
- Copyright News
- Ttab Decisions and Developments
- The Licensing Corner
- 2019 New Matter Author Submission Guidelines
- Contents
- Letter from the Chair
- Online Cle For Participatory Credit
- Quarterly International Ip Law Update
- The California Lawyers Association Intellectual Property Alumni
- Intellectual Property Section Executive Committee 2018-2019
- Federal Circuit Report
- Case Comments
- MCLE Self-Study Article
- Letter from the Editor-in-Chief
- Intellectual Property Section Interest Group Representatives 2018-2019
- Ninth Circuit Report
- Ip and Art: An International Perspective
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