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19 Fla. Coastal L. Rev. 169 (2018-2019)
Bad Blood: Reconciling the Recording Industry and Copyright Protections on the Internet

handle is hein.journals/fclj19 and id is 181 raw text is: BAD BLOOD: RECONCILING THE RECORDING INDUSTRY AND COPYRIGHT PROTECTIONS ON THE INTERNET1 Nikki R. Breeland* The recording industry is dealing with a crisis. Revenues are down, artists are angry, and other recording industry insiders are pushing back against the current system of revenue sharing. The culprit: internet streaming services. With the advent of these websites, the recording industry has found no successful way to fight back against profit hemorrhage. With the creation of the new Music Modernization Act, however, music copyright will again see a change and increase to available protections. This Article delves into the original recording industry revenue sharing infrastructure and the copyright rights that went along with it, while also parsing through the proposed legislation aiming to increase those rights. I. INTRODUCTION Music is art, and art is important and rare. Important, rare things are valuable. Valuable things should be paidfor. 2 Imagine for a moment that your whole life changed. You went from gleefully playing at neighborhood bars and practicing in your parents' garage to signing the record deal of your dreams. You've grown up knowing that record deals mean stardom, and stardom means money. You've beaten the odds and managed to attain stardom-now where's * Nikki R. Breeland, J.D., magna cum laude, University of Mississippi School of Law 2018; B.A., summa cum laude in History, Missouri University of Science and Technology 2015; B.A. in Political Science, Mississippi University for Women 2013. The author wishes to thank Professor Stacey Lantagne for her constant support and guidance on internet and entertainment law; the Florida Coastal Law Review for all their efforts; and the most special thank you to my husband, Brennan P. Breeland, for supporting this endeavor and always giving excellent feedback. 1 TAYLOR SWfFT, KENDRICK LAMAR, MAX MARTIN, & SHELLBACK, Bad Blood, on 1989 (Big Machine Records and Republic Records 2015). 2 Jack Linshi, Here's Why Taylor Swift Pulled Her Music From Spotify, TIME (Nov. 3, 2014), http://time.com/ 3554468/why-taylor-swift-spotify/ (quoting Taylor Swift).

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