Rip-Off or Coincidence? A Lesson in Music Copyright

In this fun, student-engaging lesson spanning about 1 hour and 45 minutes (can be broken up into multiple lessons) students will get to be in a jury as they examine some of the most famous music copyright cases in music history. In this lesson, students will learn the rules of music copyright, study a wide variety of songs, create justifications for their reasoning of their verdict, and ultimately see what a court decided for each case. This fun and engaging lesson addresses both a music standard and a social studies skill practice. NOTE: while this lesson can be taught from middle school up, I have given warnings in some slides that after about 1 minute of some songs there is possible cursing so you may only want to play about 30 seconds or so, but most songs are clean all the way through!

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