TY  - GEN
N2  - Music is a special art form and a special object for copyright protection. In contrast to other, more static, forms of art, such as most of the visual arts, music is fashioned time and therefore constitutes change and movement; it also exists only in its performance. This article shows how copyright constructs a normative device, the ‘musical work’, to be able to protect this fleeting and transient art form. The article also discusses how music is analysed to ascertain which of its elements obtain copyright protection against infringement, and whether a ‘hearing test’ is an adequate method for establishing infringement.
DO  - 10.1093/grurint/ikad105
DO  - doi
AB  - Music is a special art form and a special object for copyright protection. In contrast to other, more static, forms of art, such as most of the visual arts, music is fashioned time and therefore constitutes change and movement; it also exists only in its performance. This article shows how copyright constructs a normative device, the ‘musical work’, to be able to protect this fleeting and transient art form. The article also discusses how music is analysed to ascertain which of its elements obtain copyright protection against infringement, and whether a ‘hearing test’ is an adequate method for establishing infringement.
T1  - The Musical Work in Copyright Law.
AU  - Rahmatian, Andreas,
JF  - GRUR International
VL  - 73, 1, 2024
LA  - eng
ID  - 49132
KW  - Intellectual property.
KW  - Copyright
KW  - Copyright infringement.
KW  - Copyright.
KW  - Patents.
TI  - The Musical Work in Copyright Law.
LK  - https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad105
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad105
ER  -