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Music and Copyright in the Era of Taylor Swift
Manage episode 520188322 series 3667771
In this conversation, Michael Menna and Anjali Vats unpack how copyright law really works for musicians outside the mainstream. While stars like Taylor Swift make headlines for reclaiming their masters, countless “fringe musicians” navigate a system that often privileges profit over creativity. Together, Menna and Vats examine the gap between copyright’s ideals and its realities—exploring how power, access, and inequity shape who benefits from the music economy and what a fairer future might look like.
This conversation was recorded on 09/11/2025.
Check out all of the Future Knowledge episodes at https://archive.org/details/future-knowledge
15 episodes
Manage episode 520188322 series 3667771
In this conversation, Michael Menna and Anjali Vats unpack how copyright law really works for musicians outside the mainstream. While stars like Taylor Swift make headlines for reclaiming their masters, countless “fringe musicians” navigate a system that often privileges profit over creativity. Together, Menna and Vats examine the gap between copyright’s ideals and its realities—exploring how power, access, and inequity shape who benefits from the music economy and what a fairer future might look like.
This conversation was recorded on 09/11/2025.
Check out all of the Future Knowledge episodes at https://archive.org/details/future-knowledge
15 episodes
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