Music Copyright

Music Copyright

It is important to make sure that the music used is copyright free and authorized by the owners. Copyright refers to the exclusive and assignable legal right to publish a product using other work. It is the legal protection give to the creators of music which enables composers, recording artists etc, to be recognized and paid for their work. The music we hear on the radio or TV possess two separate copyrights. One of them involves the musical composition and the other is the sound recording. The musical composition involves the music including lyrics that the composer or artist has combined. Also, the sound recording is a sequence of various forms of sounds.

There are exclusive rights that have to be used when using copyright music and this involves:

Reproduction: The right of reproduction allows you to decide who can copy your work. This varies from it being used in movies or publishing the notepad sheet music online.

Distribution: This right allows the owner to decide who can sell the copies. 

Derivative works: This right allows you to decide who can make a new project based of your original work.

Public performance: This right controls the performance of your work on radio, clubs, TV or anywhere else in public.

For my production, I have used non-copyright music as it allows me to easily access it. It also allowed me to create my production at a faster rate as I was able to avoid the hassle of gaining permission to use other music. I used music from a YouTube channel called NoCopyrightSounds which produces music available to creators for their own use free of charge. As a result, I was not required to fill in a music copyright letter and was able to go ahead and find the music that suited my adverts. This was why I used non-copyright music as it allowed to work efficiently. 

On the channel it shows the way in which audiences are free to use the music which legally covers them. It serves as a form of copyright letter and explains the ways that people can use it for their own work and production as long as they do not take credit for the sound. This allowed me to use their sounds which were utilized in my advertisements to engage the audience and build intensity with the audience.