TY - GEN 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. AU - Rahmatian, Andreas, DO - 10.1093/grurint/ikad105 DO - doi ID - 49132 JF - GRUR International KW - Intellectual property. KW - Copyright KW - Copyright infringement. KW - Copyright. KW - Patents. LA - eng LK - https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad105 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. T1 - The Musical Work in Copyright Law. TI - The Musical Work in Copyright Law. UR - https://doi.org/10.1093/grurint/ikad105 VL - 73, 1, 2024 ER -