Friday, 27 September 2013

Copyright

Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator or an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. Generally, it is “the right to copy”, but also gives the copyright holder the right to be credited for the work, to determine who may adapt the work to other forms, who may perform the work, who may financially benefit from it, and other related rights [Wikipedia, 2013].


Originally copyright was a way for the government to restrict other people from re-branding someone else’s work without their consent, enabling them to also receive monetary rewards/payments for the sale of the end product. This policy keeps artist’s reassured that their work will continue to make money and profit without any hassle. The typical duration of a copyright agreement is the whole of the creator’s life +50. If someone is to break the copyright law that is put in place, it is known as infringement. We had to apply for copyright in order to create our music video on ‘Apple Tree’, otherwise my group run the risk of our video being removed from YouTube with legal action taken against us and leaving the examiner to think no video has been produced, therefore breaking copyright guidelines. To do so it consisted of sending an email requesting the artists record label for permission, which for our particular song was ‘Universal’.




1 comment:

  1. This post demonstrates a good understanding of why music copyright is essenital to apply for.

    Aim to include a response from your record label, once you have received it.

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