Copyright
Issues
The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather
Age of song: 4 years
Copyright Law
The types of mediums that are protected by the copyright law
are:
Literary
Dramatic
Musical
Artistic
Typographical arrangement of published editions
Sound Recordings
Film
Duration of copyright
For literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works
70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last
remaining author of the work dies.
Sound recordings
50 years from the calendar year in which the work was
created or 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was
first released.
The Neighbourhood – Sweater Weather does not fall into either of these
areas, therefore this means that more research was needed to be done in order
to see the laws that apply to this song due to it’s age.
Acts that are allowed
Fair dealing (this is
the “term used to describe the acts which are permitted to a certain degree
without infringing the work”(1))
These acts are:
Performance, copies or lending for educational purposes.
Format shifting or back up of a work you own for personal
use. (No profit being made from the
video)
Design & Patent Act 1988
This is the current copyright act that s in place in the UK.
It gives the creators of products the right in which their material may be
used.
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