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• Rock This Way: Cultural Constructions of Musical Legitimacy (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, c2023), by Mel Stanfill (multiple formats with commentary at fulcrum.org)
• Section 115 of the Copyright Act : in need of an update? : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, March 11, 2004. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2004), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital music licensing and section 115 of the Copyright Act : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, March 8, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Digital music interoperability and availability : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, April 6, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Public performance rights organizations : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, May 11, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Discussion draft of the Section 115 Reform Act (SIRA) of 2006 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, second session, May 16, 2006. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Protecting innovation and art while preventing piracy : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, second session, July 22, 2004. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2006), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reforming section 115 of the Copyright Act for the digital age : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Tenth Congress, first session, March 22, 2007. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2007), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Music licensing reform : hearing before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, July 12, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2008), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Intellectual Property (page images at HathiTrust)
• Protecting copyright and innovation in a post-Grokster world : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, September 28, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2009), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright registration for musical compositions (The Office, in the 20th century), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright registration of musical compositions and sound recordings. (Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1986), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sources licensing : hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, on S. 1980 ... April 9, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Music licensing reform : hearings before the Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, on H.R. 3521 ... March 19 and July 23, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by Civil Liberties United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Syndicated Television Music Copyright Reform Act of 1987 : hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, first session on S. 698 ... November 10, 1987. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1988), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciairy. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Music licensing and small business : hearing before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, second session, Washington, DC, May 8, 1996. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1997), by United States House Committee on Small Business (page images at HathiTrust)
• Music. (U.S. Government Printing Office., 1947), by Library of Congress Copyright Office and Its (page images at HathiTrust)
• Music licensing practices of performing rights societies : hearings before the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, February 23 and 24, 1994. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1994), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• Musical licensing in restaurants and retail and other establishments : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fifth Congress, first session ... July 17, 1997. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1998), by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property (page images at HathiTrust)
• To amend The Copyright Act, S. 2082 : hearings before the Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-sixth Congress, second session, on S. 2082, August 20 and November 19, 1980. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1981), by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Improvements in Judicial Machinery (page images at HathiTrust)
• Music on the Internet : is there an upside to downloading? : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, second session, July 11, 2000. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2001), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Online entertainment and copyright law : coming soon to a digital device near you : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, first session, April 3, 2001. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2002), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Source licensing : hearing before the Subcommittee on Patents, Copyrights, and Trademarks of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, Ninety-ninth Congress, second session, on S. 1980 ... April 9, 1986. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 1987), by Copyrights United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• The unauthorized duplication of sound recordings. (Paul T. Jackson, 1960), by Barbara A. Ringer and Trademarks United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• A review of the evidence relating to the copyright law as it applies to jukeboxes in connection with S. 590, a bill relating to the rendition of musical compositions on coin-operated machines. (U.S. Govt. Print. Off., 1956), by United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Providing royalties for copyrighted music played on coin-operated machines : report (to accompany H.R. 7194) (U.S. G.P.O., 1963), by United States House Committee on the Judiciary (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sound recordings Third series Part 14. (U.S. Library of Congress, Copyright Office; [for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S. Govt. Print. Off.], in the 20th century), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• MGM versus Grokster (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2011), by United States Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (page images at HathiTrust)
• Music licensing under title 17. Part I & II : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, June 10 and June 25, 2014. (Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2014., 2014), by Intellectual Property United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright registration of music (Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1993), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Musical compositions (Library of Congress, Copyright Office., 1906), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of title entries of books and other articles (Treasury Dept. :, 1891), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalog of copyright entries. (Washington., 1906), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)
• Published music (Copyright Office, Library of Congress, 1947), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Catalog of copyright entries. Fourth series. Part 3. Performing arts (Copyright Office, Library of Congress :, 1978), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)

• Music third series Part 5. (Library of Congress, Copyright Office., in the 20th century), by Library of Congress Copyright Office (page images at HathiTrust)

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• The Piracy Crusade: How the Music Industry's War on Sharing Destroys Markets and Erodes Civil Liberties (Amherst and Boston: University of Massachusetts Press, c2013), by Aram Sinnreich (PDF with commentary at piracycrusade.com and various other sites)
• Theft! A History of Music (2017), by Keith Aoki, James Boyle, and Jennifer Jenkins (PDF with commentary at Duke)
• Recht und tonkunst : eine gemeinverständliche darstellung des musikalischen urheber- und verlagsrechts. (C. F. W. Siegels musikalienhandlung (R. Linnemann), 1914), by Gerhard Freiesleben (page images at HathiTrust)
• Copyright Office views on music licensing reform : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Ninth Congress, first session, June 21, 2005. (U.S. G.P.O. :, 2005), by the Internet United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der musikverlag und die "Genossenschaft deutscher tonsetzer" ... (G. Fischer, 1907), by Wolfgang Eugen d' Albert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Recht an der Melodie und ihre freie Benutzung. (Druckerei der Studentenburse e.V., 1929), by Fritz Pauli (page images at HathiTrust)
• The law of musical and dramatic copyright. (Cassell & Company, ltd., 1892), by Edward Cutler, Frederic Edward Weatherly, and T. Eustace Smith (page images at HathiTrust)
• A manual of musical copyright law. For the use of music-publishers and artists, and of the legal profession. (Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & co., ltd., 1905), by Edward Cutler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Urheberrecht an Tonkunstwerken. Grundlagen zur Beurteilung der neuen Instrumente zu Musik vorführungen. (Phonograph, Theatrophon, Pianola.) (W. Rothschild, 1907), by Ernst Eisenmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Per la libertà di rappresentazione delle opere: Barbiere di Siviglia, Guglielmo Tell, Roberto il Diavolo, Ugonotti, Favorita, Puritani, Maria di Rohan, Linda di Chamounix, Sonnambula, Lucia di Lammermoor, Elisir d'amore, Norma, Lucrezia Borgia. (Opinione, 1889), by Augusto Pierantoni, Giulio Ricordi, and Edoardo Sonzogno (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das musicalische Autorrecht : eine juristisch-musicalische Abhandlung (W. Braumüller, 1864), by Johann Vesque von Püttlingen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Urheberrecht der Tonkunst in Oesterreich, Deutschland und andern europäischen Staaten, mit Einschluss der allgemeinen Urheberrechtslehren (C. H. Beck, 1891), by Heinrich Maria Schuster (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das verlagsrecht. Reichsgesetz über das verlagsrecht vom 19. juni 1901, mit erläuterungen und einem anhange, enthaltend das Reichsgesetz betreffend das urheberrecht an werken der litteratur und der tonkunst vom 19. juni 1901. (S. Hirzel, 1901), by Johannes Mittelstaedt (page images at HathiTrust)
• Provozovací právo k dílům dramatickým a hudebním. Srovnávací studie přihlížející k cizím zákonům autorským. (Nákl. České akademie císaře F. Josefa pro vědy, slovesnost a umění, 1892), by Karel Kadlec (page images at HathiTrust)
• The unauthorized duplication of sound recordings. (Paul T. Jackson, 1960), by Barbara A. Ringer and Trademarks United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Patents (page images at HathiTrust)
• Droit de propriété des œuvres musicales (Imprimerie des travaux publics, société anonyme, 1885), by Louis Cattreux (page images at HathiTrust)
• Notice sur le droit d'auteur au point de vue dramatique et musical (Lebègue & cie, 1889), by Louis Cattreux (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brief and argument for the Connorized Music Company ... ([New York?], 1908), by Connorized Music Company, Albert H. Walker, United States Supreme Court, Apollo Company, and White-Smith Music Publishing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Stageright : a compendium of the law relating to dramatic authors, musical composers, and lecturers as regards the public representation of their works (D. Nutt, 1873), by John Coryton (page images at HathiTrust)
• United States of America, petitioner vs. American society of composers, authors and publishers, Music publishers protective association, Music dealers service, inc., et al., defendants. Answer. ([New York city?], 1934), by Authors and Publishers American Society of Composers and United States. District Court (New York : Southern District) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur Geschichte des deutschen Musikalienhandels seit der Gründung des Vereins der deutschen Musikalienhändler, 1829-1929 (Leipzig, 1929), by Max Schumann and Verband der deutschen Musikalienhändler (page images at HathiTrust)
• Performing Right gazette July, 1925- (London., in the 20th century) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Music licensing under title 17. Part I & II : hearing before the Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, and the Internet of the Committee on the Judiciary, House of Representatives, One Hundred Thirteenth Congress, second session, June 10 and June 25, 2014. (Washington : U.S. Government Printing Office, 2014., 2014), by Intellectual Property United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Courts (page images at HathiTrust)
• Das Recht an der Melodie im internationalen Urheberrecht. (Pierersche Hofbuchdr. S. Geibel, 1912), by Hans Nitze (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

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