The Music Industry

The protection of intellectual property as prescribed by U.S. copyright statutes has metamorphosed over the years and is at the present time in the process of revision. Recent legislation has extended the number of years a piece of music receives protection before it enters the public domain. The Sonny Bono Copyright Extension Act, passed in 1998, extends the term of copyright by twenty years. In Canada, the most recent copyright act granted protection for a period of fifty years following...