music video from dorhax

Task one- understanding copyright

Copyright is the answer to protecting creative outlets it is an act that protects people’s work from being used without permission or being stolen and claimed as someone else’s work. There is a long process that you must go through so that you are able to gain permission to use copyrighted work, you must first gain permission and consent from the owner of the work most musicians for example are in cooperation with a copyright company which deals with members of the public and companies interested in using their work for example the ‘PRS’ these companies look into nature of the requests and the give a cash sum of how much is to be paid so that the music is being used with a license 90% goes to the artist, as well as this you can write a letter to the artist asking for permission to use their work in your creative outlet and you may be granted it in this form as well meaning the artist is being compensated for the work being used.

This process is followed in all cases when someone wants to use copyrighted work, TV broadcasters usually pay a yearly fee to PRA so that they are able to use any soundtrack without having to keep paying a separate fee each time, copyright means the artist is aware that their work is being used and their hard work is recognized.

In my music video I will be using a copyrighted song if I was to then present work to the public I would have to pay a fee to get a license to use the song although I wont be presenting it to the public as it will only be used for school work.

If you are unable to pay a fee for using copyright music there is also another option which is using music without a copyright these are available on the web and are free to use be the public with no fee although some websites want to be aware of what the song will be used for other than this you are free to use the music without having to pay a cash sum

http://www.prsformusic.com/users/businessesandliveevents/makeacomplaint/Pages/default.aspx