Copyright Information

WHAT IS COPYRIGHT?

Here is definition I've got off wikipedia: 

" Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time. Generally, it is "the right to copy", but also gives the copyright holder the right to be credited for the work, to determine who may adapt the work to other forms, who may perform the work, who may financially benefit from it, and other related rights. It is an intellectual property form (like the patent, the trademark, and the trade secret) applicable to any expressible form of an idea or information that is substantive and discrete."

Looking at this definition from the internet, Copyright basically protects the use of someones ideas, for example someones lyrics, writing of their own piece of work etc, Just like a music video it can be protected by copyright.

Copyright is owned by the creator of the piece of work, music, writing etc. s normally owned by the creator of the work, e.g. an author, composer, artist, photographer etc. Seeing as i have done a thriller video last year, i have used copyright before i do know the ins and outs of copyright and what you are allowed and not allowed to do to someones piece of work. So before starting or even thinking about what were going to do for our music video, we knew that it was important to gain the writers copyright approval before using it in anyway possible.