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Index for this guide:
General Resources on Copyright
Musicians' Resources on Copyright
Searching for Copyrights
Lists of Copyright-free Music
Copyright Information Available on the Web

Research Guides


MUSIC COPYRIGHT SOURCES in the UO's Knight Library

GENERAL RESOURCES ON COPYRIGHT

    Goldstein, Paul.
    Copyright: principles, law and practice.
    Boston: Little, Brown, 1989. 3 vols.
    [LAW KF 2995 .A7 G63 1989]

MUSICIANS' RESOURCES ON COPYRIGHT

    See also: List of Copyright web sites at end of this list.

    Baskerville, David.
    Music business handbook and career guide, 8th ed.
    Thousand Oaks, Calif.: Sage Publications, 2006.
    [MUSIC REF. ML3795.B33 2006]

    Copyright registration for musical compositions.
    [Washington, DC] : U.S. Copyright Office, [2006]
    [online pdf http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS88900]
    [2004 revision: DOC-US LC 3.4/2:50/2004]

    Erickson, J. Gunnar.
    Musician's Guide to Copyright. Rev. Ed.
    New York: Scribner's, 1983.
    [KNIGHT KF 3035 .E74 1983]

    Field, Sally.
    Career opportunities in the music industry. 2nd ed.
    New York: Facts on File, c1990
    [MUSIC ML 3795 .F497 1990]

    Fishman, Stephen.
    Music and copyright. 2nd ed.
    Berkeley, Calif.: NOLO, 2006
    [ MUSIC REF. KF3022.Z9 F57 2006]

    Frith, Simon, ed.
    Music and copyright. 2nd ed.
    New York : Routledge, 2004.
    [LAW LIB. K1450 .M87 2004]

    Halloran, Mark E.
    The musician's business & legal guide. 3rd ed.
    Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice-Hall, c2001.
    [MUSIC REF. ML3790 .M84 2001]

    Hurst, Walter E.
    Copyright Registration Forms PA & SR: How to Prepare Applications to Register Songs, Movies, Performing Arts Works & Sound Recordings with the U.S. Copyright Office.
    Hollywood: 7 Arts Press, 1979.
    [LAW KF 3030.2 .A65H87]

    In answer to your query: copyright registration of music.
    Washington, D.C.: Copyright Office, Library of Congress, [1998]
    [DOC-US LC 3.4/2:FL 105/998]

    Kohn, Al.
    Kohn on music licensing. 2nd ed. (book and floppy disk)
    Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Aspen Law & Business, c1996.
    [MUSIC REF. KF3035 .K64 1996] + [MUSIC REF. DISK KF3035 .K64 1996]
    [LAW LIB. KF3035 .K64 1996]

    Krasilovsky, M. William et. al.
    This Business of Music
    New York: Billboard, 2007.
    [MUSIC REF. ML3790.S5 2007]

    Legal and Business Aspects of the Music Industry: Music, Videocassettes, and Records.
    New York: Practising Law Institute, 1980.
    [LAW KF 4291 .Z9 L43]

    Livingston, Robert Allen.
    Livingston's complete music business reference.
    Cardiff by the Sea, Calif.: Distributed by La Costa Music Business Consultants, 1988.
    [MUSIC ML3790 .L58 1988 v.1 & 2]

    Music Library Association.
    Copyright, 10 Years After.
    [s.n.]: The Association, 1988.
    [DOUGLASS CASSETTE 1434M pt.1 pt.1 & 2]

    Shemel, Sidney.
    More About This Business of Music. rev. and enl. 4th ed.
    New York: Billboard Books, 1989.
    [MUSIC REF ML 3790 .S49 1989]

    United States. Congress. House. Committee on Small Business.
    Music licensing and small business : hearing before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, May 8, 1996.
    Washington: U.S. G.P.O., 1996.
    [DOC-US Y 4.SM 1:104-76]

    Wadhams, Wayne.
    Sound Advice: the Musician's Guide to the Record Industry.
    New York: Schirmer Books, 1990.
    [LAW ML 3790 .W27 1990]

    Woody, Robert Henley, III.
    Music copyright law in education.
    Bloomington, Ind. : Phi Delta Kappa Educational Foundation,c1994.
    [KNIGHT Z653 .W6 1994]

SEARCHING FOR COPYRIGHTS

    Library of Congress. Copyright Office.
    Catalog of Copyright Entries, Fourth Series. Part 3: Performing Arts.
    Washington, D.C.: GPO, 1978
    [KNIGHT Z653 .U59a] Updated by Microfiche in DOCS

    Library of Congress. Copyright Office.
    Catalog of Copyright Entries, Fourth Series. Part 7: Sound Recordings.
    Washington, D.C. :GPO, 1978.
    [KNIGHT Z 655.6 .U54a]Updated by Microfiche in DOCS
    Preceded by: DOCS Z 1219 .U58 pt.14 v.26-28

    Wildman, Iris J.
    Researching Copyright Renewal: a Guide to Information and Procedure.
    Littleton, CO: F.B. Rothman, 1989.
    [Law Storage Z 642 .W53 1989]

    See also: List of Copyright Web Sites at end of this list.

Lists of copyright-free music

    Katzmarek, Bob.
    Katzmarek's encyclopedia of public domain music.
    Monticello, MN. : Katzmarek Pub., 1993.
    [MUSIC REF. ML113 .K42 1993]

    Zimmerman, Barbara.
    The mini-encyclopedia of public domain songs. 1996 ed.
    New York : BZ/Rights Stuff, c1996.
    [MUSIC REF. ML113 .Z56 1996]

Copyright information available on the Web