Music copyright is complicated. (And on another note, the sky is blue.) The goal of my research and of this blog is to help make it accessible. One sure way of getting people to pay attention to complicated things is creating some short, funky videos.
Kathleen DeLaurenti of Johns Hopkins University (formerly of William & Mary) and her students have done just that. These videos are aimed towards students, but they are useful for anyone trying to get their head around copyright as it applies to musical works in the United States. Please watch!