Bob Clarida

Bob Clarida

March 20, 2020 | New York Law Journal

Music, Deposit Copies and 'Skidmore v. Led Zeppelin': A Workaround

This article focuses on the Ninth Circuit's still-contested holding in late 2018 that the scope of copyright in an unpublished pre-1978 musical composition is determined solely by the content of the deposit copy on file with the U.S. Copyright Office for that work.

By Bob Clarida

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