Collection:LPB

Genre: Speech

Place Covered: Baton Rouge, East Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana

Copyright Holder: Louisiana Educational Television Authority

Date Issued: 2023-04-17

Duration: 00:47:07

Subjects: Music | Copyright | African Americans | Discrimination | BATON ROUGE PRESS CLUB

Contributors:

• Greene, Kevin Speaker

This episode of the series “Press Club” features a speech by Kevin Greene before a meeting of the Baton Rouge Press Club on April 17, 2023. Greene is a law professor at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, California, and an expert on copyright law and Black music. He discusses his research into inequality and discrimination against African Americans in the music industry and his current work on a project called, “The New Copyright Law Manifesto: A Roadmap for Racial Justice for Black Artists.” He also answers questions from the media.