·To encourage students to recognise that music industry is structured by direct and indirect acts of legislation and by case law. ·To examine issues of contract law and its connection with the ownership, transference and exploitation of the right to make copies of songsand recordings To encourage students to appreciate the interaction between rights transference and the disciplines of music production  To encourage in students a grasp of the legal framework within and through which music industry takes place ·To develop awareness in students of the nature of disputes within the music industry and the bearing of case law precedents upon them. To consider the recording industry's resort to the legal system to maintain its competitive position in the market for popular music products with regard to music and the internet

(LO1) ·Students will be able to identify and discuss key legal principles and acts of legislation related to music creativity and music business.

(LO2) Students will become familiar with the centrality of legally-binding agreements (contracts) to the widest range of music-industrial practices

(LO3) Students will become aware with what constitutes a legall-binding agreement and what grounds such an agreement might be challenged. They will also be familiar with key cases in music industry law wherein such challenges have been mounted, successfully and unsuccessfuly.

(LO4) Students will be certain that the law and the labour process of popular music bear on each other in the enjoyment of private property in popular music

(LO5) Students will be able to demonstrate a fluency with a range of broader issues – from the impact of digital technology on Intellectual Property to issues of music plagiarism and issues of music censorship.

(S1) Business and customer awareness basic understanding of the key drivers for business success – including the importance of innovation and taking calculated risks – and the need to provide customer satisfaction and build customer loyalty

(S2) Career and identity management online managing digital reputation and online identity

(S3) Communication, listening and questioning respecting others, contributing to discussions, communicating in a foreign language, influencing, presentations

(S4) Communication and collaboration online participating in digital networks for learning and research

(S5) Information literacy online, finding, interpreting, evaluating, managing and sharing information

(S6) Literacy application of literacy, ability to produce clear, structured written work and oral literacy - including listening and questioning

(S7) Numeracy (application of) manipulation of numbers, general mathematical awareness and its application in practical contexts (e.g. measuring, weighing, estimating and applying formulae)

(S8) Problem solving/ critical thinking/ creativity analysing facts and situations and applying creative thinking to develop appropriate solutions.

(S9) Research management developing a research strategy, project planning and delivery, risk management, formulating questions, selecting literature, using primary/secondary/diverse sources, collecting & using data, applying research methods, applying ethics

1 ·Intellectual Property and associated Rights ·The assignment of Rights and sources of revenue ·The assignment of Rights and the contract system · Key contracts Between musicans and music publishers Between musicians and record companies Between musicians and artist managers Between musicians and live agents Between Venues and musicians Between promoters and musicians and venues Between musicians and merchandisers, sponsors and brands Contract disputes and legal remedies. This module explores the centrality of legally-binding agreements to music business and through this, to music industry. Contracts are central to music industry for the way they habitually 'position' musicians in relation to music companies of all descriptions: music contracts tend to express the needs of businesses more than they secure the needs of musicians as music-makers. Students will read contrcats and explore contract disputes. To the extent that this module is share d between two MAs there is the opportunity to learn from the Liverpool Philharmonic's legal team in terms of the range and nature of contracts engaged in by a complex, music institution.

Teaching Method 1 - Lecture
Description: The core concepts associated with legally-binding agreements will be introduced and then exemplified by attention to various types of music industry contract.
Attendance Recorded: Yes
Unscheduled Directed Student Hours (time spent away from the timetabled sessions but directed by the teaching staff): A number of key texts will be identified together with key cases in which legal precedents were establised. Students should familiarise themselves with these and become aware of current activity in the sphere of legal affairs in relation to music business.