Industry Fundamentals
Digital Killed the Video Star
Intellectual Property
License to Thrill
Potpourri
100
The primary function of this entity is to administer, exploit and nurture copyrights.
What is music publishers
100
Introduced in the 1990s, these compressed files were the medium of choice for music listening... until YouTube came along.
What is MP3
100
Where you would go to register an original song with the Library of Congress online.
What is www.copyright.gov
100
Legal permission given by the copyright owner to make and distribute a commercial recording of copyrighted music.
What are mechanicals
100
According to recent valuations, this online entity is now worth more than the entire U.S. recording industry.
What is Spotify
200
The awarding of rights to perform, reproduce, distribute or transmit a copyrighted work.
What is licensing
200
Illegal duplication and distribution of sound recordings.
What is piracy
200
The current duration of copyright in the United States.
What is life of the author + 70 years
200
The right (and license) to use a composition in timed relation with visual images on film or tape.
What are sync (synchronization) rights
200
This won Song of the Year at the 2017 Grammy Awards.
What is 'Hello' (Adele)
300
An intermediary collecting license fees on behalf of rights owners.
What is PRO (Performing Rights Organization)
300
The delivery of media to an end-user in a way that allows the end-user to start playing the file before the entire file has been transmitted.
What is streaming
300
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Copyright protection subsists in works of authorship that are original... and this.
300
PROs administer these royalties through blanket licenses.
What are public performance royalties
300
The result of a unique, consistent and strategized promotion effort.
What is branding
400
The final version of a recording or album.
What is master recording
400
Networks that allow users to freely download content from another user’s hard drive without the use of an intermediary server.
What is P2P (Peer-to-Peer)
400
The ‘Copyright Clause’ of the United States Constitution.
What is Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8
400
Master sound recordings are generally owned by this entity, which also issues master use licenses.
What is record label
400
According to your brilliant instructor, this is a good thing to ‘find’ if you are looking for an innovative way to stand out in the industry.
What is your soup can!!
500
The six exclusive rights in copyright ownership vested initially and exclusively in the author of a work is sometimes referred to as this.
What is the Bundle of Rights
500
A technological process employed by the recording industry to protect intellectual property either by encrypting the data so that only authorized users can access it, or by embedding a digital watermark so the content cannot be freely distributed.
What is DRM (Digital Rights Management)
500
A work that is based on one or more preexisting works that may be recast, transformed or adapted is known as this.
What is a derivative work
500
The statutory mechanical royalty rate for physical recordings under 5min.
What is 9.1 cents per copy
500
A reading from the Book of Bob -- these are the three cornerstones to the entertainment experience.
What is access, branding and content
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