The Recording Industry

Introduction.
I.SCOPE AND IMPACT OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY IN AMERICA.

1.Overview: America's Favorite Music.


Rapid Growth of a Major Media Player.



Diverse Musical Tastes.



Who Buys Recordings?



Ways of Understanding the Recording Industry.

2.Recordings: The Main Stream.


Basic Functions.



Oligopoly.



The Big Six.



The Structure of Record Companies.



Profitability in the Recording Industry.



The “Indies.”



Diversity in Spite of Itself.



Summary.

3.Music Publishing: The Second Stream.


The Music Business Three Income Stream Model—Revisited.



Music Publishing: Then and Now.



Overall Structure.



Music Publishing Functions.



Copyright Acquisition.



Exploiting Copyrights.



Songwriting.

4.Live Entertainment: The Third Stream.


The Major Players.



Personal Managers.



Talent Agents.



Promoters.



The Venue.



The Labels in the Concert Business.



Sponsored Tours.



The Unions.



The Management Team.



Summary.

5.Relation to Other Media.


Recordings in Radio.



Music and Recordings in Television.



Recordings and Film.



Recordings and the Print Media.



Summary.

II.RECORDING INDUSTRY CORE FUNCTIONS.

6.Production and the A & R Function.


Finding and Recording New Talent.



Artists' Recording Contracts.



Record Production.



Acquisitions through Licensing.



Studios and Audio Engineering/Recording.



Summary.

7.The Marketing Function.


The Four P's of Marketing.



Product.



Price.



Promotion.



Place.



Entering the Information Age.



Summary.

8.Retailing — Software on Hard Copies.


Overview.



Record Retail: 1890 to 1950.



Rack Jobbers.



The Chain Gang.



Internationalization of Record Retailing.



Indies: the “Mom-n-Pop” store.



Retail Management Considerations.



Used CDs.



Record Clubs.



Future of Record Retailing.

III.LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE RECORDING INDUSTRY.

9.Copyright Basics in the Recording Industry.


Duration of Copyrights.



Formalities: Notice and Registration.



The “Fair Use” Limitation and Parody.



Joint Authorship/Joint Works.



Works Made for Hire.



Termination Rights.



Termination Problems.



The “Manufacturing Clause” and Parallel Imports.



“Poor Man's” Copyright.



Summary.

10.Copyright in Sound Recordings and Songs.


Sound Recordings.



Musical Compositions.



Sampling—“Thou Shall Not Steal.”



Infringement and Remedies—“You Stole My Song!”—Every Songwriter's Nightmare.



New Directions for Copyright.

11.Piracy and Other Legal Problems.


Piracy of Phonorecords.



Payola.



Anti-Trust Problems.



Perspective.

Internet Appendix.
Glossary of Terms.
Index.