Peter C. DiCola

Professor of Law


Biography

Peter DiCola is a professor of law at Northwestern Pritzker School of Law. He received both his J.D. and his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Michigan. After law school, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Thomas L. Ambro of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. From 2000 to 2014, he worked on various research projects with the non-profit Future of Music Coalition. Along with Kembrew McLeod, he is a co-author of a book based on interviews with musicians, attorneys, and music-industry executives about the licensing of digital samples. He is also the author or co-author of several law review articles on topics such as how professional photographers view copyright, the ways musicians earn revenue, and the regulation of digital music services. He is currently working on a project about how to model the economics of copyright after the rise of internet-based intermediaries.


Areas of Expertise

  • Copyright Law
  • Intellectual Property
  • Law and Economics
  • Communications Regulation


Selected Publications

  • Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling (Duke University Press 2011) (with Kembrew McLeod).
  • Existential Copyright and Professional Photography, 95 Notre Dame Law Review 263 (2019) (with Jessica M. Silbey & Eva E. Subotnik).
  • Valuing Control, 113 Michigan Law Review 663 (2015).
  • Money From Music: Survey Evidence on Musicians’ Revenue and Lessons About Copyright Incentives, 55 Arizona Law Review 301-370 (2013).

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Education

  • AB, Princeton University
  • JD, University of Michigan
  • PhD in Economics, University of Michigan

Prior Appointments

  • Searle Research Fellow, Northwestern University School of Law
  • Benjamin Mazur Summer Research Professor of Law, Northwestern Pritzker School of Law
  • Associate Professor of Law
  • Assistant Professor of Law, Northwestern University School of Law
  • Law Clerkship, September 2007-August 2008, The Honorable Thomas L. Ambro, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

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