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Article: Jazz has got copyright law and that ain't good.
- Article from:
- Harvard Law Review
- Article date:
- April 1, 2005
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Jazz is in trouble. Even if the music is not dead, "a lot of people think jazz is dying." (1) Efforts at diagnosis and attempts to revive the music are difficult because it faces a complicated predicament: the music is suffering both popularly and creatively. Jazz's fall from popularity has been well-documented. (2) Jazz now accounts for less than three percent of total record sales. (3) It does not dominate or dictate pop culture as it once did, and its primary outlet is the small jazz club. To make matters worse, the music seems to be attracting an older following: the median age of those attending jazz events in 1992 was thirty-seven, and by 2002 it had risen to ...
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