Private Law Theory

This is a review of Music Borrowing and Copyright Law, a Genre-by-Genre Analysis, edited by Enrico Bonadio (City, University of London) and Chen Wei Zhu (University of Birmingham). The book examines the multifaceted dynamics between copyright law and music borrowing within different music genres from across the world, including pop, hip-hop, jazz, blues, electronic and dance music, as well as region-specific genres, such as Jamaican music, River Plate Tango, Irish folk music, Hungarian folk music, Flamenco, Indian traditional music, Australian indigenous music, and Māori music. There are over 30 contributors to the volume, including academics, musicologists, and lawyers … (more)

[Hayleigh Bosher, The IPKat, 28 February 2024]