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Kathryn DeFranco is a law clerk in Hughes Hubbard's New York office in the Litigation department. Kathryn's experience includes legal internships at the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York, Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts, and Sony Music Entertainment.

The recent copyright law landscape is rife with infringement lawsuits alleging that one song substantially copied the musical elements of another. As a music industry norm, songwriters frequently split the copyright of a single song with one or more co-authors, each owning exclusive rights in their respective shares of the

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