Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- 9 Copyright, Music, and Race: The Case of Mirror Cover Recordings
- 10 They Knew It All Along: Patents, Social Justice, and Fights for Civil Rights
- 11 Copyright’s Promise of Dignity in the 19th Century
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
9 - Copyright, Music, and Race: The Case of Mirror Cover Recordings
from Part III - IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 January 2024
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- The Cambridge Handbook of Intellectual Property and Social Justice
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- About the Contributors
- Foreword
- Prolusion: What Is Intellectual Property (And Why Should You Care About It Anyway?) – A Layperson’s Guide to Intellectual Property Law
- Introduction: Intellectual Property Social Justice Theory: History, Development, and Description
- Part I IP Social Justice Foundations
- Part II IP Social Justice in Major Intellectual Property Domains
- Part III IP Social Justice: Historical Perspectives
- 9 Copyright, Music, and Race: The Case of Mirror Cover Recordings
- 10 They Knew It All Along: Patents, Social Justice, and Fights for Civil Rights
- 11 Copyright’s Promise of Dignity in the 19th Century
- Part IV IP Social Justice in the Political Economy: Engaging Activism; Achieving Change
- Part V IP Social Justice in the Information Age
- Part VI Intellectual Property Social Justice in Global Perspective: Issues in Gender and Development Disparity
- Part VII IP Social Justice: The Future of the Global IP Ecosystem
Summary
Has copyright law in the United States ever aided discrimination on the basis of race, or exploitation of or prejudice against racial minorities? Copyright legislation in the United States has never explicitly incorporated racial categories. No federal or state copyright statute has ever withheld copyright protection from authors of a particular race, or imposed different fees on authors or owners of different races, or otherwise explicitly used racial categories. Neither, as far as I know, has any judicial decision concerning copyright law ever explicitly discriminated against a racial minority.
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- Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2024