TheRealWaldo
New member
I'm posting this hopefully so you all have a better understanding.
1) Copyrights are formed the instant a work is created. No, a song does not have to be registered for it to be protected by the law.
2) Posting material on the internet for public consumption is considered public performance. This means it is governed by copyright law, as would performing in a venue live.
3) Copyright law dictates that in order for material to be performed publicly, permission must be first garnered from the copyright owner, in legal, written form.
4) Samples of a work, no matter how short, are also governed by the same laws. As well as lyrics, and genral melody (although, melody is a very difficult case to defend or attack with in court)
5) Money does NOT need to change hands for a copyright infringment to take place. Nor does purchasing a song, track, or sample automatically give you the rights. You can, however, purchase permissions in several forms (ASCAP, BMI, SEPSAC, etc.) and sometimes, in the example of purchasing a samples CD, the rights to use the material comes along with the CD. They must, however be in written form, to be fully legal.
6) When posting copyright material on the internet, you place yourself, the site owner, the host, the line owner, communications company, etc. at legal risk for lawsuit.
7) I don't know of a SINGLE host on the planet that does not state in their contract 'We will shut you down if you do not have permission to use copyrighted material through our services'
8) If, for example, you post material on NWR, and do not have rights, you are risking
i) lawsuit against yourself
ii) lawsuit against myself (the site owner)
iii) lawsuit against the server host
iv) your site being disabled on NWR permanently
v) NWR being shut down because of violation of terms of agreement between myself (site owner), and the host
Got questions? Ask, I'll answer.
W.
1) Copyrights are formed the instant a work is created. No, a song does not have to be registered for it to be protected by the law.
2) Posting material on the internet for public consumption is considered public performance. This means it is governed by copyright law, as would performing in a venue live.
3) Copyright law dictates that in order for material to be performed publicly, permission must be first garnered from the copyright owner, in legal, written form.
4) Samples of a work, no matter how short, are also governed by the same laws. As well as lyrics, and genral melody (although, melody is a very difficult case to defend or attack with in court)
5) Money does NOT need to change hands for a copyright infringment to take place. Nor does purchasing a song, track, or sample automatically give you the rights. You can, however, purchase permissions in several forms (ASCAP, BMI, SEPSAC, etc.) and sometimes, in the example of purchasing a samples CD, the rights to use the material comes along with the CD. They must, however be in written form, to be fully legal.
6) When posting copyright material on the internet, you place yourself, the site owner, the host, the line owner, communications company, etc. at legal risk for lawsuit.
7) I don't know of a SINGLE host on the planet that does not state in their contract 'We will shut you down if you do not have permission to use copyrighted material through our services'
8) If, for example, you post material on NWR, and do not have rights, you are risking
i) lawsuit against yourself
ii) lawsuit against myself (the site owner)
iii) lawsuit against the server host
iv) your site being disabled on NWR permanently
v) NWR being shut down because of violation of terms of agreement between myself (site owner), and the host
Got questions? Ask, I'll answer.
W.
