Music 388 Legal Issues in the Music Industry Fall 1999

READING ASSIGNMENTS

QUIZ AND TERM PROJECT SCHEDULE

11/1/99

Textbook and required reading sources:

1) Halloran, Esq., Mark. 1996. The Musician's Business & Legal Guide.

Revised 2nd Edition. Prentice Hall, Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632.

2) Copyright Law of the United States of America, contained in

Title 17 of the United States Code (Revised to 9/30/1996 AND as available on the Internet).

Date

Quiz/Due Dates

Halloran Due

Copyright Act Due

Other Assignments
Aug. 25      
Aug. 30   1, 2 Review sheet due
Sept. 1     §101
Sept. 6   7, 8  
Sept. 8     §102 through §108
Sept. 13 Roth; e-mail #1 9, 10 §1001 through §1101
Sept. 15      
Sept. 22 Jay Cooper tape - Milne 11, 12 V 3955.01; V 2028.01
Sept. 27 e-mail #2 13 §109 through 111(c)
Sept. 29   14, 15  
Oct. 4 Quiz I e-mail #3   §111(d) through §112
Oct. 6      
Oct. 11 e-mail #4 16, 17, 28 §113 through §116
Oct. 13 Deal memo #1    
Oct. 18 e-mail #5 29 §117 through §121
Oct. 25 Quiz II    
Oct. 27 e-mail #6 30, 31 §201 through §302
Nov. 1 e-mail #7 32, 33 §303 through §402
Nov. 3      
Nov. 8 e-mail #8 Bergman   §403 through §412
Nov. 10 Deal memo #2 due 18, 19  
Nov. 15 e-mail #9 Quiz III   §501 through §511
Nov. 17   20, 21  
Nov. 29     §601 through §603
Dec. 1 MP3 assignment 22, 23  
Dec. 6 e-mail #10   §801 through §803
Dec. 8 1st amendment 24, 25 Transitional provisions
Dec 13 Title 17 adequacy 26, 27 pp. 159 through 166
Dec. 17 Quiz IV 2 p.m.    

 

Activity

Percent of total grade
3 quizzes (best 3 of 4) 16% each quiz x 3 quizzes = 48%
10 e-mail weeks (3 entries each week) 1% for each week x 10 weeks = 10%
1st amendment and Title 17 adequacy 10%
Recent Legislation report 2%
Copyright case brief- presentation, paper 10%
2 deal memos 10% for each of 2 memos =20%

Assignments will NOT be accepted past their due date.

Four quizzes will be given. When calculating the final grade for the course, the lowest quiz grade will NOT BE COUNTED.