The Benefits Of Copyright Aditations And Consequences On Soundclours

Copyright law, which manages much of the music business industry, tries to maintain a balance concerning the rights of the creator, and the common good in an attempt to drive society forward. In essence, the

See Meredith Corp., 1 F. Supp. 3d at 188. Individuals and entities are still free, however, to obtain “direct licenses” straight from the copyright holder and/or “source licenses” sold directly from the song 's producer. Id. at 190.

In the event that the (Defendant) Bobby Bandleader, hadn’t altered the words to the song, yes he would have committed copyright infringement and would have to pay royalties to the (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer. The sum of $1 million the (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer is asking for is by far an over payment. Assuming that the (Defendant) Bobby Bandleader’s bistro accommodates 200 guests, performing three nights or less per week at a rate of $4.67, the annual licensing fee would be $934 per year. The amount to be paid to the (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer would be the sum of $18, 680 for twenty years of usage. If it performed the song four to seven nights per week at a rate of $5.59, the annual licensing fee would be $1118. The amount to be paid to the (Plaintiff) Johnny Singstealer would be the sum of $22,360 for twenty years of usage. All of this is according to the American Society

Sampling is a technique that many artists have used for decades, when given the opportunity to record a new track. Sampling has transformed the music industry, by allowing an artist to broaden their horizons, and give people the ability to have a different outlook towards a particular song. Often times when a producer is trying to assist the artist or group, they will present the artist with many beats and mixes. Of the beats and mixes provided, a few of them may be a sample of another artist’s work. Often times when an artist or group admires the work of another artist, they will get their permission to sample their music and incorporate into the work that they are about to produce. Another reason an artist may decide to sample the work

A perfect example of a remix would be the news article “Planned Parenthood Opens $8 Billion Abortionplex” published by the newspaper company, The Onion. Although the article seems to be nothing more than an informative piece of work, it is in fact a satire in the form of a legitimate news article. The article manipulates the expectations of mainstream journalism to create humor and draw attention to an important issue.

Most of the time, the artist to reuse the music should always have the permission to do so. There is such thing as music plagiarism, which is just what one may think it means, stealing music without permission from the copyright owner. Music can also sound so similar that people would believe that there is some kind of relation to another track. A website called Consequenceofsound.net suggests that there have been plenty of music plagiarism cases in the history of music. Cases that slipped away easily, cases that became so serious that they involved court, and even more serious cases resulting in the deletion of the song overall. Coldplay has always been a top-selling artist throughout the years, with some of the most popular songs within the past decade. The 2008 smash hit called “Viva La Vida” does contain backtracks from Joe

Beginning at 0:09 in “My Name is”, Eminem uses sample appeared at 2:31 in “I Got the…” as a major rhythm for the whole song. Sampling is one of the most common elements in the hip-hop music. Sampling is the act of using recordings of other music in making new music. In the hip-hop music history, sampling is always a controversial topic legally and musically since sampling relates to the issue of the copyright of the music. Does sampling violate the other musicians’ copyright? Does sampling threaten the innovation of the music? Those questions are the most sensitive debates about sampling. Sampling begins in mid-1970s, when DJs mixed between particular parts of records, especially the breakdowns, to inspire dancers in the party. The technique, such as spinning and scratching the record while it played, can be considered as an early form of sampling in hip-hop music. In the mid-1980s, the primary use of “sampling” as a basis of the beat is a main shift in production. “La Di Da Di” produced by Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh is probably the most sampled song in hip-hop. Sampling has three “layers”, which are the sound, the reference and the intertextuality. The artist may use sampling to refer the older piece’s context or refer to other people’s use of the same sample. There are some famous cases regarding sampling in the hip-hop history. For example, “Pretty Women” produced by 2 Live Crew was sued for using Roy Orbison’s song. As a result, 2 Live Crew won on the basis

Over the past fifty years, the British Music Publishing industry has undergone dramatic changes. It has evolved as an entity with innovations in technology, changes and creations of laws and new mediums to promote and exploit songs to a wider audience. Therefore, the way in which the music publishing industry operates and exploits its assets has completely transformed, and continues to do so at a rapid pace. This paper will attempt to explore the ways in which publishers exploit song copyrights and the way in which this has changed over the past 60 years. It is important to define what is meant by copyright and its role within the industry. The Performing Right Society website states: “Copyright

Core Rule: Before you use a copyright song get permission or pay money for the song to use the song and you can use the song if you put it in you new song you have to pay the money to use it like robin thicke use Marvin Gaye song in the background and he got sued by the family for using it but they thought it was ok to use it because Marvin and Robin both have the same record company.

In the musical sense, sampling is when a segment of music is taken from an original recording and is inserted, sometimes repetitively, in a new recording. A sample can be any type of media that is pre-recorded, from classical pieces of music, to rock guitar riffs. The origins of music sampling predate the 1980 's, when hip-hop was first brought on the scene. Some say that sampling has been around much longer than some think, steering to the fact that jazz musicians have always imitated each other 's riffs. In 1961, after being influenced by many other musicians who had experimented with sound and recording, James Tenney took it a step further by talking an existing popular song and changing it completely. His “Collage #1” took Elvis Presley 's recording of “Blue Suede Shoes”, took out sections, swapping them with others and played them along with the tempo of the song. Many could argue that this was the beginning of music sampling. Although that was the beginning, music sampling has only gained mainstream popularity through the Hip-hop/rap and electronic genres. Even though sampling is a very popular thing to do now in the digital age, it doesn 't come without it 's complications. These include many claiming that sampling is unoriginal and doesn 't need any musical creativity. Nevertheless, there are many points to counter-act these arguments including, generating interest for unknown music and encouraging musical experimentation. In this essay I will

Music Copyright is a very important aspect of the music industry. The Copyright law was established to preserve the creativity and rights of authors, composers, performers of expression. Copyright is the law that protects the property rights of the creator of an original work in a fixed tangible medium. (http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/copyright) A fixed tangible medium is something substantial like copying lyrics on paper or putting a song on tape or CD. Copyright can be seen every where in the music industry. Many music artist of our culture today have been involved in copyright issues. Recently, on MTV news it was stated that, "As the music industry becomes increasingly concerned about protecting the

Starting in the year 1999, a company called Napster opened up a whole new world to the Internet where every song ever made was instantly available to you on your computer for free. It was created by an 18-year-old Northeastern University student named Shawn Fanning. Napster transformed personal computers into servers that shared mp3 files all across the Internet (Mayer, 2008). It became popular very quickly because exchanging mp3 files freely and having any music desired right at your fingertips had never been possible before. However, this program that provided the privilege of having free instant music to download did not last long, it was shut down after just two years by

Music Swapping, the illegal act of copying music, or known as pirating to most people. If you are caught doing this you will be put in jail. Music swapping is the act of taking someone's music they have made and copying it to make money off the bands or singers work.This has been a serious problem according to CBS news, “they have found that music thieves pirated more than 4.2 billion dollars from the music industry.” This shows that this is very popular act to ripped off artists and bands. With that being

It is very difficult to answer "is remixing music innovation or theft?" because in some cases, remixing music is truly innovative and in other cases, it is just theft. All music is somewhat remixed, it can be as obvious as just ripping a beat off a song and calling it yours, or it can be as complex as just pulling a two second interval from some reggae song that was created in the 1970's. Now cases like these are why I find it hard to just say "remixing music is innovation" or "remixing music is theft". Lastly i'm going to give an example of two producers I respect very much, but one of them is innovative and the other often just rips instrumentals and or beats from other artists. The first producer I will talk about is "El-P"and the second

“Before the days of YouTube and the Internet, a band 's chances of striking it big depended on record companies. If a band was lucky enough to get a record deal, it gained access to a label 's vast resources and connections. The company paid for the band 's studio time, … and got its music played on the radio, reaching millions of record buying Americans” (Majerol, 1). Now, anyone with talent can post a video of themselves and become an internet sensation, only to then receive a deal with a label to continue growing their career. The issue is, with the Internet came digital downloading, and with the growing popularity of digital downloading came illegal downloading, known as Digital Piracy, which has affected the music industry greatly. This issue affects everyone involved in the Music Industry. From the small CD store owner to the Artist on stage, everyone has and continues to be affected by the growing popularity of digital downloading services. Artists, producers, and songwriters lose an estimated 12.5 Billion USD every year to illegal digital music services. Further, the economic impact from [digital downloading] is an estimated loss of 2+ Billion USD (Storrs, 1). This money affects the “little guys” in the industry and the average worker within the industry.