Copyright(LO 18)

CopyrightA Copyright is a legal Protection of One’s own work. In the Field of Music this implies, have sole ownership of the produced Art, along with its Literary and artistic Contents. A Copyright commences, immediately after one has Produced, Recorded or documented their piece of Music. Copyrights can also acclaimed on a page of Music Notations (PRS, 2015)

Holding a Copyright enables you to have control of almost any action taken towards your work of art. This means, that one can you have all rights to copy, publish, lend or publish that work in any format at any place. This also grants permission for the owner to perform or choose who performs his/her art in public places. A Major advantage of owning a copyright to your production is the ability to market and communicate it with the people. That is, via broadcasting companies, Television channels and Radio Shows.

In Terms of Music, There are two types of Copyrights that a Musical piece can be subjected to. The First Variable is its composition while its second variable is the recording. In Terms of Musical Composition, The Copyrights are based on the Creative effort of the Composer. This includes the Melody of the piece and the It’s Music Sheet. If the Song has lyrics, Credits are given to the Lyricist by Having Rights over the lyrical content of the track. The Second Variable is the Musical Recording of the track. In this process, The Recording/Sound Engineer in-charge makes subtle changes to the Music/Mix with his own style and creativity. This Copy Right is made to protect the Works of the Sound Engineer and is infringed on as the Tangible Medium of what the Composer has produced. The Recording Copy-right is in no way the same as a Musical Composition Copy-right and neither can it be used as a substitute for it. The Recording Copyright also provides for the ownership of distributing the piece of work (DiMA, 2015)

As for Any work I have done in my University, I do not own any Rights on the Productions. Since All my Productions have been Re-mixing Already Existing Content I would not be Legible to have any Composition Rights or Recording Rights over it. For those of you unaware there is also a section of Content Available that is listed as the Creative Common where the Owner does not own any Copy Right over the Piece of work and allows us to freely experiment with that particular piece of art.

References

DiMA. (2015). Copy Rights in Music. Retrieved from http://www.digmedia.org/issues-and-policy/copyright-and-royalties/139-copyright-in-music

PRS. (2015). About Copy Rights. Retrieved from http://www.prsformusic.com/aboutus/ourorganisation/aboutcopyright/pages/default.aspx

Bibliography

http://www.digmedia.org/issues-and-policy/copyright-and-royalties/139-copyright-in-music

http://www.prsformusic.com/aboutus/ourorganisation/aboutcopyright/pages/default.aspx