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The Curious Lawyer: U2 - Where the Law's Streets Have Names

Fundamentals of Music Copyright Law Through U2’s Greatest Hits.

Created byNew Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
IntermediateUpdated Mar 31, 2025
The Curious Lawyer: U2 - Where the Law's Streets Have Names

What You'll Learn

check_circleUnderstand the core principles of copyright law as applied to music.
check_circleExplore key issues like idea-expression, infringement, and sampling in musical works.
check_circleLearn about joint authorship, compulsory licensing, and public performance rights.
check_circleAnalyze the role of fair use and other defenses in music copyright disputes.

About This Course

This program walks you through the basics of copyright law in the music realm, for generalists or IP lawyers alike, with a set list of music from U2 as the backdrop to explore critical copyright issues such as the idea-expression line, infringement, sampling, joint authorship, compulsory license, public performance rights, fair use, and more.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.
New Media Legal Publishing, Inc.

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New Media Legal Publishing, Inc. is a legal publishing company based in Los Angeles, California, that develops, produces, markets, and distributes innovative legal education content for law firms and companies. For more information about NMLP and its products, please visit  http://www.newmedialegal.com .

Peter  Afrasiabi
Peter Afrasiabi

Founding Partner at One, LLP

Peter Afrasiabi is a founding partner at One LLP and focuses his practice on copyright, patent, trademark, and entertainment litigation. In addition, Peter is a professor and the Director of the Appellate Clinic at the University of California, Irvine School of Law. Peter graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and the University of Southern California Gould School of Law.

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