The Musical Work in Copyright Law.

The Musical Work in Copyright Law.

Journal article

1 online resource (pages 18–33)

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.

Crossref

GRUR International ; 73, 1, 2024, 2632-8550.

[Oxford, England] : Oxford University Press (OUP), 2024.

eng

https://academic.oup.com/grurint/article/72/3/231/6998505

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