{"id":77023,"date":"2020-04-03T07:30:32","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T11:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/?p=77023"},"modified":"2020-04-01T20:35:00","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T00:35:00","slug":"tuesday-april-7th-1215-virtual-guest-speaker-copyright-and-social-justice-how-the-blurred-lines-case-brought-overdue-recognition-for-african-american-artists-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/law\/2020\/04\/03\/tuesday-april-7th-1215-virtual-guest-speaker-copyright-and-social-justice-how-the-blurred-lines-case-brought-overdue-recognition-for-african-american-artists-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Tuesday, April 7th, 12:15 – Virtual Guest Speaker: Copyright and Social Justice: How the “Blurred Lines” Case Brought Overdue Recognition for African American Artists"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Tuesday, April 7th, 12:15 – Virtual Guest Speaker:\nCopyright and Social Justice: How the “Blurred Lines” Case Brought\nOverdue Recognition for African American Artists,<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Co-sponsored by the Black Law\nStudents Association & the Intellectual Property and Technology Law\nAssociation<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. Sean O’Connor will be a virtual guest speaker,\nvisiting us to discuss how the ruling in the “Blurred Lines”\ncopyright lawsuit against Robin Thicke and Pharell Williams advanced social\njustice for songwriters from disadvantaged backgrounds. For most of the history\nof modern popular music, the work of \u201caural\u201d composers who do not use\nEuropean-based sheet music was treated unfavorably by the US Copyright Office\nand the courts. This disparity often allowed artists working in genres such as\nthe blues, jazz, R&B, rap, and rock ‘n’ roll to be exploited and their\nrights to be disregarded. Prof. O’Connor, who co-authored amicus briefs in this\ncase will discuss this and other cases and explain the social justice dimension\nof copyright.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prof. O’Connor is Professor of Law and Executive Director of the Center for the Protection of Intellectual Property (CPIP) at George Mason University, Antonin Scalia Law School. For many years before law school, Prof. O’Connor was a working musician and songwriter. We think you will enjoy hearing him speak — for a sample of another interesting talk he gave, check out Prof. O’Connor’s talk and performance explaining how patented technology — the guitar pickup — shaped the history of popular music. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8m7LKQPCHS0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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