March 18 | Panel Topics Now Available!

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Session 1: Music Copyright Infringement in #Asia

Topics include trials without juries; trial by #algorithm; tests for infringement; #Indianmusic markets beyond #Bollywood; criminal liability and damage awards in #China; the impact of changing societal and political norms on copyright protection of music and sound recordings; is copyright law out of touch with Asian music genres and attributes?

Session 2: Music Copyright Infringement in #Europe

Topics include the ECJ’s Metall auf Metall decision; droit moral; #German treatment of copyright cases; judge v. jury trials; use of experts; use of software: comparisons and cognitive weighting; editorial rights for classical music; using songs in political campaigns; music databases.

Session 3: Music Copyright Infringement in the #UnitedStates

Topics include the art and science of judging music copyright infringement; reflections on Skidmore v. #LedZeppelin and Seltzer v. #GreenDay; is there a patent “inventiveness” standard in music copyright law?; what can the Copyright Claims Board do for music copyright?; #TaylorSwift’s “Shake It Off” Trial: Does it make copyright look absurd?; emerging issues in US music copyright law.

University of Illinois Chicago School of Law