Copyright

Copyright is a law that was bought in by the government, this gives the person or group who created the piece of work legal rights, however this is usually only for a certain amount of time. It gives the creator the right to be credited and named for what they have made, this is done so that it can be decided who is allowed to legally perform that piece of work, who will receive the financial makings from the work. Before we could start planning our music vido to 'Stay Awake' by Example, we had to get copyright permission from his record label which is Ministry of Sound. The reasoning behind all of this is so that when we create our music video it is legal and to also let the record label know that our music video is for our education. If we was to create the music video without getting any permission for using the song, then this would be illegal and we could be fined for this. In order for this not to happen it is important that we get copyright permisison so that it is legal when we do create our music video.

In order for my group and I to get permission we had to find out which record label Example isi signed to, so that we can get in touch with them. Once we researched we found out that it was Ministry of sound. After this we had to found out Ministry of Sounds contact details, so that we could either phone them or email them asking them whether we was able to use Example's song Stay Awake for our A level media studies music group. We also had to say that if we were given the copyright permission that we would give credit to them and Example in it.

Below is the email that we sent to The Ministry Of Sound:

Dear Copyright Holder,

We are A-Level students and we are writing to request your permission to use one of the latest tracks by Example. The track we wish to use is Stay Awake.

With your permission, this task would be used in our current A-Level Media Studies project, which involves creating a music video to a popular music track, as well as producing an album and a magazine advert for the artist.

If we received your permission, this track would ONLY be used in an educational context and be viewed by our media class, our teacher and the OCR exam board moderator. It would not be realised to a large audience.

The artist and your company would of course be fully recognised throughout pre-production and the final video itself. A copyright notice with wording supplied by you can be included in the records of the project. If this is required, please send full details.

We look forward to hearing from you.

Regards

Carrie Dwyer

Nicole Nancholas

Georgia Wetherill