Copyright and antitrust: the effects of the Digital Performance Rights in Sound Recordings Act of 1995 in foreign markets. From: Federal Communications Law Journal | Date: March 1, 2000| Author: Davis, Connie C. | COPYRIGHT 2000 University of California at Los Angeles, School of Law. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The licensing of copyrighted nondramatic works by performance rights societies has long been recognized as a potential source of antitrust violations. In 1995, the Congress passed the Digital Performance Rights in Sound Recordings Act in an effort to deal with the licensing problems associated with nondramatic musical works. The DPRSRA created a right in sound recordings tc perform the copyrighted work publicly by means of a digital audio transmission as well as establishing compulsory lice...

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