Copyright in the Music Industry
Copyright is the right that persists in a number of works. Copyright is created as soon as the piece of work is put into a material form. An idea cannot be copyrighted, only the expression of one can. In the UK, copyright is protected under the UK CDPA 1988 (Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts). This act protects the copyright of literary works, musical works, artistic works, dramatic works, films, sound recordings, broadcasts and typographical arrangements. Copyright for musical and literary works lasts for 70 years, after the creator's death. However sound recording copyright only lasts for 50 years after a first calendar year in which the works was made or released to the public.
In terms of authorship, the author of the works is usually the primary author of those works. It is possible for there to be more than one author within a piece of work. In terms of sound recording however, it is the Music Producer that has the authorship of these works. In general it is the author that is the first owner of these works. nonetheless if these works are created as part of a contrary agreement with an employer, e.g. an artist signing with a record label. Then the employer is the holder of the ownership. Yet there is a difference from ownership of a physical product and ownership of the copyright. For example, if someone was to by a CD, they have only bought the right to have permission to listen to said music. They have not bought the ownership of the copyrighted sound recording and therefore do not have permission to copy it. The act of copying a product is only allowed by the copyright owner. The rights of the copyright owner are covered by the UK CDPA 1988 which determines that the copyright owners have; the right to copy a work, distribute copies of work, to rent or lend a work, to perform, show or play said work in public, to communicate or broadcast work, or to adapt work. These rights also include the right to do these acts with a substantial part of the work. This can a very small part of the work if it is deemed distinctive enough. The author also has the paternity right to have them identified as the author on the piece of work. Record Labels like to sign artists to a contract which entitles the Record Label a certain amount of albums over a defined amount of years. The Label will also give them a lease of a set amount of money to produce said albums. The Labels would also make the artists to use the labels own studio, hence …show more content…
I feel like the illegally downloaded music has significantly impact on the artists and on the Record Labels. When I pirate music, although the artist is somewhat benefitting from the publicity and by their music being listening to, they are majorly being hard done by money wise and it is not just the Labels and the artists that are suffering. The effects of piracy shockwaves all the way down to the shops and online stores from which the music is sold in. With the products not being paid for, in turn, the stores themselves are not making money and will not be able to pay their own workers. This is partially the reason of the major hiccup of HMV and why they had to close loads of stores across the UK. Going back to Record Labels and the Artists, Labels now will only sign artist that they feel that will give them an instant return on their cash, closing off some doors to potentially great artists. This has all come about, quite rapidly, over the past 10 years. I feel that even with advances in the ability to catch and shut down online pirateers has somewhat increased. Virgin Media are one company that has attempted to do this. However they were very shortly caught old with a hydra situation occurring. When they shut one torrent site down, two more reappears. I think that the music industry needs to try and keep up with online scene and embrace it rather than go against it. With the population of streaming, there is a massive opportunity to take advantage
Copyright is the right that persists in a number of works. Copyright is created as soon as the piece of work is put into a material form. An idea cannot be copyrighted, only the expression of one can. In the UK, copyright is protected under the UK CDPA 1988 (Copyright, Designs and Patents Acts). This act protects the copyright of literary works, musical works, artistic works, dramatic works, films, sound recordings, broadcasts and typographical arrangements. Copyright for musical and literary works lasts for 70 years, after the creator's death. However sound recording copyright only lasts for 50 years after a first calendar year in which the works was made or released to the public.
In terms of authorship, the author of the works is usually the primary author of those works. It is possible for there to be more than one author within a piece of work. In terms of sound recording however, it is the Music Producer that has the authorship of these works. In general it is the author that is the first owner of these works. nonetheless if these works are created as part of a contrary agreement with an employer, e.g. an artist signing with a record label. Then the employer is the holder of the ownership. Yet there is a difference from ownership of a physical product and ownership of the copyright. For example, if someone was to by a CD, they have only bought the right to have permission to listen to said music. They have not bought the ownership of the copyrighted sound recording and therefore do not have permission to copy it. The act of copying a product is only allowed by the copyright owner. The rights of the copyright owner are covered by the UK CDPA 1988 which determines that the copyright owners have; the right to copy a work, distribute copies of work, to rent or lend a work, to perform, show or play said work in public, to communicate or broadcast work, or to adapt work. These rights also include the right to do these acts with a substantial part of the work. This can a very small part of the work if it is deemed distinctive enough. The author also has the paternity right to have them identified as the author on the piece of work. Record Labels like to sign artists to a contract which entitles the Record Label a certain amount of albums over a defined amount of years. The Label will also give them a lease of a set amount of money to produce said albums. The Labels would also make the artists to use the labels own studio, hence …show more content…
I feel like the illegally downloaded music has significantly impact on the artists and on the Record Labels. When I pirate music, although the artist is somewhat benefitting from the publicity and by their music being listening to, they are majorly being hard done by money wise and it is not just the Labels and the artists that are suffering. The effects of piracy shockwaves all the way down to the shops and online stores from which the music is sold in. With the products not being paid for, in turn, the stores themselves are not making money and will not be able to pay their own workers. This is partially the reason of the major hiccup of HMV and why they had to close loads of stores across the UK. Going back to Record Labels and the Artists, Labels now will only sign artist that they feel that will give them an instant return on their cash, closing off some doors to potentially great artists. This has all come about, quite rapidly, over the past 10 years. I feel that even with advances in the ability to catch and shut down online pirateers has somewhat increased. Virgin Media are one company that has attempted to do this. However they were very shortly caught old with a hydra situation occurring. When they shut one torrent site down, two more reappears. I think that the music industry needs to try and keep up with online scene and embrace it rather than go against it. With the population of streaming, there is a massive opportunity to take advantage