[FC-discuss] Grammy Foundation and Legal Writing competition for Law Students

[Dana Powers]

I suspect that they'd be fine with a non-exclusive license and that
the only reason they currently require a rights transfer is that no
one has brought it to their attention yet.  Honestly, this doesn't
seem like a big deal.  It's not like there is some huge market for law
student papers.

dp

On 9/20/07, Andy Kaplan-Myrth <andy at kaplan-myrth.ca> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Brian Rowe wrote:
> > The topic appears to be related to legal issues around the music industry.
> >
>
> Fascinating -- the Canadian Music Publishers Association has a similar
> competition right now as well:
>
> > ATT: CANADIAN LAW STUDENTS
> > CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
> > FOR ESSAY CONTEST with PRIZE OF $1000
> > DEADLINE: January 15, 2008
> >
> > The CMPA (Canadian Music Publishers Association) Essay Contest for Canadian Law Students is offering a prize of $1000 for the winning essay on a topic that advances the scholarship on the business of music publishing.  This year, the author may write about any aspect of the global licensing of music, from any point of view.  The winning essay will be featured and summarized in our magazine, Music Publisher Canada, and posted in its entirety on our website www.music publishing.ca.
> > How can composers, music publishers and other participants in the creation and distribution of music best respond these challenges?
> > Does the changing marketplace mandate fundamental changes to licensing music in multiple territories or on a worldwide basis?  Do today's copyright treaties and legislation effectively address these challenges?
>
> If you're going to take action w.r.t. some of the competitions doing
> this and taking full rights in the papers, consider this from the CMPA
> competition:
>
> > Each author shall retain the copyright of his or her paper, and, by entering this contest, shall grant CMPA a non-exclusive license to publish his or her paper in any form (including by electronic means).
>
> You could offer that as a precedent to EMI and GRAMMY.
>
> Cheers,
> Andy
>
>
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