The introduction of copyright in the early record industry and implications of authorship for popular music in Croatia from 1929-1960s

Abstract

The article investigates the connection between the early record industry and the development of copyright legislation in Croatia and the former Yugoslavia between 1929 and the 1960s. Special attention is given to the topic of the implementation of copyright and the related rights within domestic record production in the selected period. The concept of the author, partly constructed through the implementation of copyright, is then reconsidered in the example of early Yugoslavian popular music.

Keywords

• copyright
• record industry
• croatia
• yugoslavia
• popular music