Music and morality, Simon Frith; copyright and international music industry, David Laing; technology, economy and copyright reform in Canada, Paul Theberge; music and copyright in the USA, Steve Jones; Bette Midler and the piracy of identity, Jane M. Gaines; the 1990 public enquiry into Australian music copyrights; copyright and music in Japan, Toru Mitsui; the problem of oral copyright - the case of Ghana, John Collins. Appendices: copyright - the dark side of the music business, Franco Fabbri; copyright in Germany, Simon Frith.