The Live Music Act 2012 will come into force in its entirety on 1 October 2012 by virtue of the Live Music Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012. The Act makes a number of amendments to the Licensing Act 2003 relating to the performance of live music. It amends section 177 of, and Schedule 1 to, the Licensing Act 2003, and also inserts a new section 177A. The changes partly deregulate the performance of live music, remove regulation about the provision of entertainment facilities and extend the exemption which relates to music accompanying morris dancing (and similar types of dancing). For more background, The Live Music Act 2012 (Commencement) Order 2012.
The rights to integrity and credit are moral rights in music.
In music copyright discussions, the focus is usually on economic rights—who can distribute, copy, or profit from a song. However, another facet of copyright law
