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If someone hires you as an independent contractor to write a song for a one-off ad campaign, they request that you sign over your ownership and legal rights for a one-time buyout, what type of business arrangement is this called?

Upon selling your music to a consumer, the purchaser has officially obtained a license to your music for their personal use. That may also mean they can resell it, loan it, or give it away. Your exclusive right to distribution has ended with what legal precedent?

By using the First Sale Doctrine, is it legal to re-sell only the digital audio files on your phone?

On what grounds did Two Live Crew win their case when Roy Orbison sued them over the song Pretty Woman?

With the copyright act of 1790, how long was protection granted?

What song by David Bowie and Queen was Vanilla Ice sued for copyright infringement?

How many performance rights organizations can you belong to simultaneously?

How do you collect overseas YouTube performance royalties?

For songs under five minutes in length, what is the statutory rate per song for mechanical royalties?

After terminating the previous copyright holder’s ownership, by when does the original songwriter have to recoup their copyright?