This academic journal is published by Cambridge University Press and is a commentary on the first source listed above.  Laing highlights the most important points of Frith’s work, offering his professional opinion in a disagreement, agreement, or clarification in the very least.  A notable quality of this journal is the fact that is it printed in Great Britain; therefore it offers the insight of a foreigner analyzing American copyright law in contrast to that of the United Kingdom.  This perspective draws attention to aspects of the law that may not been previously considered. 

            The essay is short and concise, wasting no words in a full examination of Frith’s work.  He calls into question Frith’s assertion that the copyright system is an “aspect of the competition between different music producers…and…different music users,” and claims that there is much more to it than that.  He acknowledges the complexities in the system in that they do not clearly favor or target neither the creator, nor the performer, nor the consumer.  Slightly outdated, this essay was written before any sampling lawsuits were completed in the courts (at least in Great Britain) however, this serves as a strength instead of a weakness, however, seeing as his calculated predictions can be measured against the results to gauge how scholars viewed the subject.

            This journal is not only an intellectual work in itself, but it is also an intelligent deciphering of some of Frith’s most significant assertions.  This serves the reader well as some of his reading can be confusing and seem contradictory at parts.  In reading Frith’s work, I will be sure to keep Laing’s journal on hand for color and clarification in order to most accurately comprehend the discussion and facts presented.