![]() The most American form of expression in music, widely popular during the 1920-1950’s, has eventually turned into an esoteric Aesopian art form, meaningful mainly to an expert – ideally, a jazz performer himself. conciencia colectiva de una sociedad y, a su vez, abren un debate intenso y enriquecedor. At the end of this chain, after about sixty years passed from jazz’ inception, the general public started losing interest in this art form which has become severely censored as a result of imperfect copyright laws, their overly restrictive administration, as well as the failure of legislative bodies and courts to recognize the special nature of jazz. ![]() Bad copyright laws led to bad practices of law enforcement, which in turn, promoted bad business practices in relation to jazz. Cross-examination of data coming from musicology, sociology, legal and economic studies points in the direction of legal issues as the primary underlying cause of negative changes that affected jazz. This short book investigates the connection between the existing copyright laws, their administration in the U.S., and the historic changes in the way jazz music has been performed and consumed in America. But very few researchers have touched upon the role that American copyright law has played in the development of jazz. ![]() Much has been written on jazz, its explosive success at the beginning of its life journey, and its gradual gain of respectability as it aged – in exchange for a noticeable loss of popularity in the land of its birth. ![]()
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