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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