Task 4 BDM103

Getting permission from a copyright owner

Essentially, the document talks about the processes of obtaining a copyright and legal matters surrounding a copyright.

It list major acting bodies of copyright representatives where an individual may wish to obtain a licence. Different bodies represent different media and for different settings.

The document also talks about the different types of licences and what would constitute as a copyright infringement.

Defence against a copyright infringement would not be applied if

·         If you are unable to identify or contact the copyright owner.

·         If you merely acknowledged the creator/copyright owner.

·         If you have wrongly used the relevant copyright work from the creator’s request.

Infringement of Copyright – What Should I Do?

Discusses what an infringement is, then continues on to what may or may not be considered a ‘substantial part’ that is used from the original material. Grey area on what constitutes as a substantial part but ultimately digresses that even a minimal part e.g. a few bars from a music sheet could be an infringement case.

Coincidental similarities does not constitute as an infringement case, it would only be infringement if the resulting similarity was gained by direct or an indirect form of copying.

Authorising an infringement, which the document says “sanction, approve or countenance” as an act of authorisation, will also incur the practitioner an infringement case.

The document then goes on about certain situations in which one would be allowed to use copyrighted material the permission of the copyright holders. This is for such things as research or private study, criticism, reviews or news reporting. Certain bodies also have certain exceptions to infringement.

The latter half of the document is if you’re the copyright owner and your works are being infringed upon, there are certain things you would be able to do such as contact representative copyright bodies that pertains to your medium.

You may then decide on a course of action.

You may also decide to make an informal contact with the infringer.

Moral Rights

Creators gain moral rights to products they have created. Also known as ‘personal rights’ or ‘economic rights’