Overview
- Offers a socio-legal analysis of the use and management of music copyright and performers’ rights in relation to improving the economic position of Sinhala singers in Sri Lankan music
- Provides a historical analysis of international copyright law and the performers’ rights regime that contrasts singers’ position with that of authors as creators of music
- Presents a comparative exploration of the ability of international copyright law and the performers’ rights regime to meet the expectations of musical artists in the global south (India and Sri Lanka) and global north (the UK and USA)
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This book explores whether global music copyright law and the performers’ rights regime (PRR) have been able to improve the economic position of artists, as they were originally intended to. The author investigates whether this regime effectively addresses contemporary issues regarding royalty payments and cover songs in Sri Lankan music, drawing on the empirical findings of a case study she conducted on the Sinhala music industry. She finds that the PRR developed internationally and implemented in Sri Lanka is predicated on a particular view of the role of performers and their relationships with other actors in the music industry; although this view can be found in the USA, UK and India, it does not seem to reflect the established practices and relationships within Sri Lanka’s contemporary music industry. While providing a socio-historical and legal analysis of these differing industrial settings and investigating the manner in which they impact the PRR’s (in)ability to deliver improved economic security for Sinhala singers, the book also offers policymakers recommendations on how to supplement current national copyright law and the PRR in order to provide a secure economic position for music artists in Sri Lanka.
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Book Title: Performers’ Rights in Sri Lanka
Book Subtitle: Singers’ Melancholia
Authors: Gowri Nanayakkara
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-6668-0
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Singapore
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-13-6667-3Published: 26 April 2019
eBook ISBN: 978-981-13-6668-0Published: 13 April 2019
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 228
Number of Illustrations: 1 b/w illustrations
Topics: IT Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property, Asian Culture, Commercial Law