Thicke, Don’t Kill My Vibe: The Copyrightability of a “Groove” and Related Implications for Contemporary Rap Music

Thicke, Don’t Kill My Vibe: The Copyrightability of a “Groove” and Related Implications for Contemporary Rap Music

Journal article

35 pages

0736-7694

This Note will review the legal implications of granting copyright protection to such elements, offer recommendations as to how the current United States copyright paradigm can be revised so as to provide adequate preparation for any future similarly-postured cases, and further examine varying viewpoints as to how the music industry as a whole could be disrupted by such a dramatic change in what constitutes protectable elements of a composition.

Published in : Cardozo Arts & Entertainment Law, vol. 37, no. 2 (2019)

[New York City, New York] : Yeshiva University Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law, 2019.

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