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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 Ross.
Music Business Handbook and Career Guide.
Los Angeles: Sherwood Co., 1979.
[MUSIC ML 3790 .B274]
Copyright registration for musical compositions.
[Washington, DC] : U.S. Copyright Office, [2004]
[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]
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.
Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Aspen Law & Business, c1996.
+ 1 computer disk (3 1/2 in.)
[MUSIC REF. KF3035 .K64 1996] + [MUSIC REF. DISK KF3035 .K64 1996]
[LAW LIB. KF3035 .K64 1996]
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]
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.
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
Guide to Copyright for Music Librarians Available on the web at URL=http://www.lib.jmu.edu/org/mla/
Sponsored by the Music Library Association- and a very detailed summary of reserve policies in the copyright law for music and recordings, along with links to all the important sites in music copyright.
Searching for Copyright Entries:
Use the following web page at the Library of Congress to search for copyright entries:
Library of Congress Copyright Search Form
@ http://www.loc.gov/copyright/search/
Copyright Permission Forms on the Web:
European American Music Available on the web at
@ http://www.eamdc.com/
Available through the EAM web site for the companies EAM serves.
Legal Information Institute Available at URL=http://www.law.cornell.edu/
Text of the copyright law and other information.