Copyright law -
The law gives the creators of literary, dramatic, musical, artistic works, sound recordings, broadcasts, films and typographical arrangement of published editions, rights to control the ways in which their material may be used.The rights cover; broadcast and public performance, copying, adapting, issuing, renting and lending copies to the public.In many cases, the creator will also have the right to be identified as the author and to object to distortions of his work.
Vanilla Ice had a song, in 1991, called 'Ice Ice Baby'; this sampled but did not credit the song 'Under Pressure' by David Bowie and Queen. Though at first denying it, Vanilla Ice later retracted the statement saying it was “a joke”. Facing a lawsuit by the duo, Vanilla Ice confessed to sampling the song 'under pressure'.The case was settled privately out of court with Ice paying an undeclared sum of money and crediting Bowie/Queen on the track itself.
In order to use the song 'I Know' by Shift K3Y' we had to email the record label 'Sony Music Entertainment' to apply for permission to use the sing that they legally own. The process was done quickly as we simply emailed the company stating that we are using their song for our A level project and that recognition will be mentioned for the record label itself. This would done so that we could easily avoid being prosecuted and so that we could avoid any other sort of Copyright infringement.
Our record label (Sony Music) was seen to reply to our request, giving us clear permission for the production:
Our record label (Sony Music) was seen to reply to our request, giving us clear permission for the production:
This post demonstrates some understanding of what music copyright is and why it is essential to ask permission, before using a song from an existing artist. You have identified an example from the industry, but you need to relate the points back to the copyright law, to demonstrate further understanding of the industry.
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