Today's episode is all about the wacky world of copyright law. Everything you've ever wanted to know about music and copyrights but with all the boring stuff taken out.

0:00 Intro

3:35 The abbreviated history of copyright law in America

20:10 The singer-songwriter who took the power back, or what's the difference between a musical composition copyright and a sound recording copyright

35:46 The history of sampling case law (with special guest Mark Jaffe)

51:35 One more thought for good measure

53:20 Outro

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