Thursday, 6 March 2014

Use of music - legal considerations

Rights Of Use.


A Publishing licence can be gained from the copyright holder to use their music. This kind of copyright only applies when the music has been noted or written down.

A Recording licence should be gained from the person or people who for example, perform a cover of a well known song.



To clear a piece of music for use in your film or sequence in our case, the first thing you would have to do is message the copyright holder. If the Owner/Creator has been dead for more than 70 years the copyright will have expired which means you will not have to ask for permission.

Incidental Music is music played in a film or a clip and is played as background music to create atmosphere.

2) Creative commons

  • What is creative commons?
Creative commons is a non-profit organisation which is devoted to expanding the range of creative works available for others to build upon legally and to share. They have released several copy right licenses known as 'Creative commons licenses' which are free to the public. The licenses allow creators to communicate which rights they reserve and which ones they waive for the benefit of recipients or other creators.
  • Why does it exist?
So that you can use the work without having to seek out the individual creator or licensor and ask for permission.
  • Explain the 6 different types of license (include the logos if possible)
Attribution - This allows others to distribute, remix and tweak your work, even commercially but they must credit you for the original creation.


Attribution- ShareAlike - This license is often compared to 'copyleft' free. It allows others to remix and tweak your work even for commercial purposes but they must credit you and license their new creation under the identical terms.


Attribution- NoDerivs - This allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial but it must be passed along unchanged and in whole with credit to you.


Attribution- NonCommercial - This lets you remix and tweak your work but non-commercially and thought their new works must be also acknowledge you and be non-commercial they don't have to license their derivative works on the same terms.


Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike - This lets others remix and tweak your work non commercially but they must credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.


Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs - This license is the most restrictive of all 6 as it only allows others to download your work and share them with others as longs they credit you and they can't change them in any way or even use them commercially.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/before-you-start/music-rights

https://creativecommons.org/licenses/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons


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