Copyright

Copyright

Copyright is an automatic right and arises whenever an individual or company creates a work. To qualify, a work should be regarded as original, and exhibit a degree of labour, skill or judgement.

Interpretation is related to the independent creation rather than the idea behind the creation. It is also 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 and financially benefit from it. The employment of a copyright law on an artists work allows them to have full control over their own work and therefore means the artist fully benefits from any use of their work. 

 The song we have chosen to create a music video to is 'Noserings and Shoestrings' by Nina Nesbitt who belongs to Island Record Label. We had to apply for copyright so that we could use our chosen song without breaking the copyright law. We emailed Island Record label to acquire permission to use Nina Nesbitts' song, as requiring permission was a necessity before beginning the production of our music video.
Below is the exact email myself and my group sent to request copyright permission, we sent it on 27th September 2013 at 12:55pm, which is evident below in the email.

Applying for copyright

Typically, a work must meet minimal standards of originality in order to qualify for copyright, and the copyright expires after a set period of time (some jurisdictions may allow this to be extended). Different countries impose different tests, although generally the requirements are low; in the United Kingdom there has to be some 'skill, labour and judgment' that has gone into it. 

In order to gain copyright as a group we needed to identify the record label that the artist belongs to, email address, phone number etc. Once we had the contact details of the record label we were then able to contact them to explain who we are and why we want copyright. We explained that we were students from West Hatch high school and for our media A level we need

Dear copyright holder,

We are a group of A Level student’s from West Hatch High School, writing to request your permission for the song Noserings & Shoestrings by Nina Nesbitt. With your permission, we would create a music video for this song, which would part of our coursework.

The song would only be used in an educational context, viewed only by our media class and OCR examination’s officer. It will not be released to a large audience. The audience and your company would of course, be recognised throughout and a copyright notice may be added to our projects if you wish. In this case, you may send us this information.

We look forward in hearing from you,

Kind regards

Daisy Morecroft, Emma Harris, Ella Sutherland & Millie Cooper