UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Multimedia Sound Production and Copyright

UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Agenda Principal Law Governing Copyright Overview of Copyright Copyright Agencies Digital Rights Management References and Sources of Guidance for Practitioners

UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production Copyright Legislation Copyright legislation is UK-wide and a number of Statutory Instruments have been put in place to ensure that European Copyright Directives are enacted in the UK. International Copyright laws have been fairly standardized through agreements such as the Berne Convention. The key UK Act is the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 which determines what is illegal and what is permissible. The purpose of copyright is to ensure that the creator (person who holds the intellectual property right) or owner of the copyright can derive any financial benefit relating to their material have control over the way in which their material is used. Regular revisions of copyright legislation take place so information professionals must keep their knowledge up to date.

UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production 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

UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production 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

UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production 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 Several technologies to counter DRM have been developed

UFCEXR-20-1Multimedia Sound Production References and Guides References Middleton Pages Sources for Guidance on Copyright and Associated Legislation PRS for Music Joint Information Systems Committee (JISC) JISC Digital Media