I suspect that they'd be fine with a non-exclusive license and that the only reason they currently require a rights transfer is that no one has brought it to their attention yet. Honestly, this doesn't seem like a big deal. It's not like there is some huge market for law student papers.
dp On 9/20/07, Andy Kaplan-Myrth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > Brian Rowe wrote: > > The topic appears to be related to legal issues around the music industry. > > > > Fascinating -- the Canadian Music Publishers Association has a similar > competition right now as well: > > > ATT: CANADIAN LAW STUDENTS > > CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS > > FOR ESSAY CONTEST with PRIZE OF $1000 > > DEADLINE: January 15, 2008 > > > > The CMPA (Canadian Music Publishers Association) Essay Contest for Canadian > > Law Students is offering a prize of $1000 for the winning essay on a topic > > that advances the scholarship on the business of music publishing. This > > year, the author may write about any aspect of the global licensing of > > music, from any point of view. The winning essay will be featured and > > summarized in our magazine, Music Publisher Canada, and posted in its > > entirety on our website www.music publishing.ca. > > How can composers, music publishers and other participants in the creation > > and distribution of music best respond these challenges? > > Does the changing marketplace mandate fundamental changes to licensing > > music in multiple territories or on a worldwide basis? Do today's > > copyright treaties and legislation effectively address these challenges? > > If you're going to take action w.r.t. some of the competitions doing > this and taking full rights in the papers, consider this from the CMPA > competition: > > > Each author shall retain the copyright of his or her paper, and, by > > entering this contest, shall grant CMPA a non-exclusive license to publish > > his or her paper in any form (including by electronic means). > > You could offer that as a precedent to EMI and GRAMMY. > > Cheers, > Andy > > > -- > Andy Kaplan-Myrth, LL.B., M.A. > Barrister & Solicitor > ------------------------------------------------ > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > web: http://kaplan-myrth.ca > ------------------------------------------------ > PGP Key ID 0xE9349025 > ------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
