Music Copyright

Casey Rae is an author, professor, musician, and music business executive. As director of music licensing for SiriusXM, he oversees the direct licensing of sound recordings across the company’s services. Previously, Rae served as the CEO of the Future of Music Coalition. He has taught music industry courses at Georgetown University and Berklee College of Music and has testified before the United States Congress on copyright matters.

Casey Rae’s Music Copyright is a must-have reference for any musician or music teacher and anyone who engages with music, e.g., skaters who use music in performance or competition. Rae’s experience as an author, a professor, a musician, and especially a music business professional and licensing specialist qualifies him to offer advice in the ever-developing world of copyright. The book's layout is outstanding and well served by an extraordinarily detailed table of contents. An appendix lists industry and music creator organizations; performing rights and mechanical royalty collectives; and legislative, regulatory, and rate-setting bodies. Rae, who has taught widely and is currently director of music licensing for SiriusXM, provides practical advice about the laws for digital music, public performance, recordings, fair use, registration, licensing, publishing, podcasts and music collections, and—of utmost importance—reform and barriers to change. The book will certainly help musicians keep up-to-date on the ever-changing social media used in all walks of life. Highly recommended. All readership levels.

• IntroductionChapter One: Getting Familiar with Music CopyrightChapter Two: A Brief History of Music CopyrightChapter Three: Digital Music and the Evolution of an IndustryChapter Four: Musical Works and Copyright ExclusivitiesChapter Five: Sound Recordings and Copyright ExclusivitiesChapter Six: Copyright Enforcement, Safe Harbors, and Fair Use Chapter Seven: Copyright Registration, Metadata, and DatabasesChapter Eight: Music Licensing: PROs, Publishing Administration, Synchronizations, and MoreFinal Thoughts: Music Copyright and the Big PictureAppendix AAbout the Author