Theme: Multimedia Sound ProductionUFCFY Multimedia Sound Production and Copyright

Theme : Multimedia Sound ProductionMultimedia Studio UFCFY Agenda Overview of Copyright Digital Rights Management Vicarious Liability References and Sources of Guidance for Practitioners

Theme : Multimedia Sound ProductionMultimedia Studio UFCFY Overview of Copyright Copyright is the set of exclusive rights granted to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work Intellectual Rights (own the original idea to the work - this term includes patents and trademarks) Mechanical Rights ( right to reproduce the work on CD or other medium for distribution to others) Publishing Rights ( right to publish the work as a hard copy manuscript or electronic document) Performance Rights (right to perform the work in a public setting) Sample Rights (right to use audio samples of the work used in another production) Moral Rights The right not to be defamed with any pejorative use or association of the work

Theme : Multimedia Sound ProductionMultimedia Studio UFCFY Copyright Agencies (UK) Performing Rights Society for Music (PRS for Music) Money is due to PRS for Music for any public performance of music, whether live or recorded, and from radio and television broadcasts and online. Mechanical Copyright Protection Society MCPS generates money through licence fees from the recording of PRS members music on many different formats, including CDs and DVDs. Now joined with original PRS as PRS for Music PRS for Music now the unified agency Original Performing Rights Society and Mechanical Copyright Protection Society still exist as legal entities European and International agencies also exist

Theme : Multimedia Sound ProductionMultimedia Studio UFCFY Digital Rights Management Digital Rights Management (DRM) is a broad term that refers to any scheme that controls access to copyrighted material using technological means. DRM attempts to remove usage control from the person in possession of digital content by limiting control of duplication and deployment via computer software. DRM software can be encoded in songs and media players to restrict the distribution of media limiting the number of machines authorized to play the content. Apple iTunes originally used a DRM software technology called FairPlay but decided to abandon DRM in January However, tracks purchased between 2003 and 2009 still retain DRM protection. Several technologies to counter DRM have been developed

Theme : Multimedia Sound ProductionMultimedia Studio UFCFY Vicarious Liability Vicarious liability is a legal term which describes the copyright liabilities of an employer in respect oh their employees conduct during the pursuit of the business activities. Generally, if an employee infringes copyright in the pursuit of their employer's business the employer is liable for the infringement.

Theme : Multimedia Sound ProductionMultimedia Studio UFCFY References and Guides Sources for Guidance on Copyright and Associated Legislation PRS for Music Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) JISC Digital Media right-an-overview/