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10 Vand. J. Ent. & Tech. L. 505 (2007-2008)
Why Music Should Be Socialized

handle is hein.journals/vanep10 and id is 513 raw text is: VANDERBILT JOURNAL OF
ENTERTAINMENT AND
TECHNOLOGY LAW
VOLUME 10                      SPRING 2008                      NUMBER 3
Why Music Should Be Socialized
Matthew Reynolds*
TABLE OF CONTENTS
I.     DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENT ................................................. 506
II.    R IAA   LAW SUITS  ......................................................................... 507
III.   360 RECORD   D EALS  ................................................................. 508
IV.    SUBSCRIPTION   SERVICES   ........................................................... 509
V.     RAISING  THE  PRICE  OF M USIC  ................................................... 511
VI.    FINDING A WORKABLE SOLUTION .............................................. 511
Setting aside commodities of necessity like food and clothing,
perhaps no other product is as universal and popular as music. It is
no surprise that millions of dollars are spent trying to package and
harness it into a marketable form.1 Perhaps it is that same quality of
J.D., Candidate, UCLA School of Law, 2009; B.A., English, Brigham Young
University, 2006. Special thanks to Robert Reynolds, my brother and manager for The
Killers, for teaching me the ropes of the industry and believing in this cause, to Gary
Stiffelman for his amazing music law course, and to Curt Hessler for motivating me to
write this article. Winner of The GRAMMY Foundation's 10th Annual Entertainment Law
Initiative Writing Competition.
1.    See, e.g., Warner Music Group Corp., Annual Report (Form 10-K), at 53-54
(Nov. 29, 2007) (reporting cost of revenues in the amount of $1.8 billion and selling,
general, and administrative expenses in the amount of $1.1 billion).

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