We believe that this online archive will be useful to copyright academics, attorneys practicing in this area, and to musicians seeking insight into an entertaining, yet at times esoteric, topic. It will offer new means of accessing and analyzing information that pertains to an area of law that now begs inquiry into the issue of how changes in the creation, content, dissemination and consumption of popular music in America in the 20th and 21st Centuries should inform music copyright infringement judges and litigants today.
Cases contains over 100 judicial opinions on music copyright infringement, with related scores, audio and video. Help with accessing the audio and video files can be found in this Resource Guide.
InPlay will cover recent and current disputes in the U.S. and overseas, including those that do not go to trial. (Cases covers only U.S. music infringement cases that have produced judicial opinions.)
Glossary is a modestly proportioned, and collaboratively assembled, glossary of musical terms that are commonly used in discussions of music copyright infringement disputes.
New Music Technologies discusses and demonstrates the potential use of emerging music technologies – virtual score software and music search engines, in particular – for resolving disputes involving music copyright infringement claims.
Newsworthy will track ongoing, use of -- and references to -- the UCLA Music Copyright Infringement Resource by copyright practitioners, academics, librarians, and journalists.
Public Forum will offer an ongoing series of features – book reviews, short articles, etc. – covering new work on topics relating to copyright infringement. It will also provide a bulletin board on which readers are encouraged to post comments and questions in this area.