from Economics, Law and History -- Copyright and Music Publishing in the UK -- The Composer in the Market Place Revisited …

This book addresses the recent debate about copyright law and its impact on the distribution of scientific knowledge … from an economic perspective. The focus is on the question whether a copyright regime or an open access regime is better …

I Part One: How Direct Licensing Increased Competition -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Copyright Law and Natural Monopolies -- 3 … music copyright licensing has all but destroyed the traditional media business models of incumbent Performance Rights …-induced changes in business models and copyright law, and the role of copyright holders such as music publishers, record labels …

Economics of Music Copyright -- Economics of Music Copyright: Income, Media, and Performances -- Economic Analysis of … Music Copyright:Music Users -- Economic Analysis of Music Copyright: Music Publishers -- Economic Analysis of Music … Copyright: Songwriters and Composers -- Econometric Analysis -- Theory Review -- Estimation of Skewness, Heavy Tails, and Music …