Browse Issues Search Articles Submissions About the Journal Copyright Fixation Podcast Subscribe Go back to Issues NO ADVANCED PERMISSION REQUIRED: THE FUTURE OF COMPULSORY LICENSING 71 J. COPYRIGHT SOC’Y, 439, (2024) Art Levy Songtradr, VP of Business and Legal Affairs Kerry Mustico NMPA, Senior VP in Legal and Business Affairs Kristellia Garcia Anne Flening Resarch Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Colin Rushing DiMA, Executive Vice President and General Counsel Adam Parness Adam Parness Music Consulting Introduction Our final panel in Copyright + Technology 2024, “No Advance Permission Required: The Future of Compulsory Licensing,” was prompted by the recent dispute between music publishers and Spotify over the terms of the § 115 compulsory license for reproduction of musical works. It considered the rationales behind the several compulsory licenses that are unique to U.S. copyright law – and to what extent those rationales are still valid in an era where technological change can render the terms of such licenses obsolete too quickly for the law to keep up. Full Article 71(3) Copyright and Tech_No Advanced PermissionDownload Related Content Journal July 28, 2025 AI COPYRIGHT LITIGATION V. LICENSING: AN EXPLORATION 72(2) AI Litigation v LicensingDownload AI & Copyright Copyright Litigation in Focus Creativity & Technology Collide Digital Licensing Pitfalls Journal April 5, 2025 MY BLANKET AND ME: BLANKET LICENSING FOR GENERATIVE AI 71(3) Copyright and Tech_My Blanket and MeDownload AI & Copyright Creativity & Technology Collide Digital Licensing Pitfalls Video Mar 27, 2025 Licensing AI Uses of Copyrighted Works: Practical and Legal Considerations This program will provide a roadmap to content licensing and access deals for use in various kinds of AI trainings,… CLE Credit AI & Copyright Copyright Conversations in Congress Creativity & Technology Collide Digital Licensing Pitfalls