One thing that drew me to the course \u201cBoston Jazz Now\u201d was jazz\u2019s spontaneity. I was impressed by the performers\u2019 knack for taking an original piece as an inspiration and improvising to create a whole different sound. Upon listening to jazz performances in various concerts, I wondered: if jazz is an improvisatory art, how are both the composers\u2019 original pieces and the performers\u2019 original improvisations protected? Hence, my paper \u201cQuestioning the Copyright Act: Is Copyright Doing It Right?\u201d challenges the efficacy of the current copyright law and its application to jazz. It seeks to assess whether the law keeps the fine balance between guaranteeing rights of composers\u2019 intellectual properties and preventing any exploitation of performers\u2019 creative improvisation.<\/p>\n
JUNG HYUN (CLAIRE) PARK\u00a0<\/strong>is a rising sophomore in Boston University\u2019s College of Arts and Sciences, majoring in Psychology. Born in Seoul, South Korea, and raised in Cebu, Philippines, she graduated from Cebu International School where she garnered her interest in music and law. She would like to dedicate this essay to her professor\u2014Dr. Thomas Oller\u2014who is too humble to realize how much he inspires, guides, and helps his students. Furthermore, she would like to dedicate the piece to her family that supports her at any moment, making her every day possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One thing that drew me to the course \u201cBoston Jazz Now\u201d was jazz\u2019s spontaneity. I was impressed by the performers\u2019 knack for taking an original piece as an inspiration and improvising to create a whole different sound. Upon listening to jazz performances in various concerts, I wondered: if jazz is an improvisatory art, how are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4801,"featured_media":0,"parent":9589,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9663"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4801"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9663"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9663\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9806,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9663\/revisions\/9806"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/writingprogram\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9663"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}