Music and Copyright.

Intro -- 1 About this guide -- Who this guide is for -- How this guide is set out -- Information, not legal advice -- 2 Some things you need to know about copyright … -- Copyright law is set out in the Copyright Act 1968 -- Copyright protects a wide range of material -- Lyrics, music, recordings and film or video footage can each have separate copyright protection -- Copyright doesn't protect techniques or styles -- Copyright is unlikely to protect a name or title -- There's no registration of copyright in Australia -- Copyright lasts a long time -- The person who creates the material generally owns copyright -- The copyright owner can generally control how people use their material -- You'll usually need a clearance to use other people's copyright material in your compositions, songs and recordings -- Copyright is a type of property that can be transferred to other people -- People who infringe copyright leave themselves open to legal action -- 3 … and "moral rights" for creators … -- Moral rights apply in relation to music and lyrics, for example, but not recordings -- Creators have moral rights, whether or not they own copyright -- People using lyrics, artworks, music and films usually have to credit the relevant creator/s -- Creators can usually take action against anyone who credits someone else for their work -- Creators can usually take action against anyone who credits them wrongly when someone else has changed their work -- People using lyrics, artworks, music and films usually can't use material in a way that might damage the honour or reputation of the creators -- Moral rights don't need to be respected if the creator has given a consent -- Your moral rights may not apply in some cases, if it's "reasonable" in all the circumstances not to respect them -- Moral rights usually last for as long as copyright -- 4 … and performers' rights.

People wanting to film, record or broadcast a performer usually need authorisation -- Performers sometimes co-own copyright in sound recordings of their performances -- Performers sometimes have moral rights -- 5 Debunking some myths -- You need to post your songs to yourself by registered mail to prove you wrote them … -- You register your copyright with APRA … -- You only get copyright once you've been published … -- It's not protected unless it has a copyright notice on it -- It's OK to sample recordings, provided you only use 3 seconds or no more than 10% … -- You can use anything you find on the net … -- You can use copyright material provided you attribute the creator … -- You only need to worry about copyright if you're charging money … -- Copyright owners should see our use of their material as good promotion … -- It's all right to use other people's material if you change it … -- You own copyright if you pay someone to create something for you … -- Copyright only benefits big companies and established songwriters … -- 6 Composing and songwriting -- Overview -- When does copyright begin? -- Who is going to own rights? -- Heading off potential problems with ownership -- Agreements between band members -- Including other people's material in your work -- If you own rights: what then? -- 7 Getting ready to perform -- Copying print music and parts -- Making backing tapes -- Transposing -- Altering lyrics -- Arranging -- Downloading guitar charts and lyrics from the net -- Hiring music and parts for performances -- Borrowing music and parts for performances -- Importing music to build a performing library -- 8 Performing -- General issues -- Performing music in "dramatic contexts" -- Staging musicals -- Promotion -- 9 Recording -- Recording your own material -- Recording covers -- Using session musos -- Producers -- Sampling.

Contracts with record companies -- Packaging -- 10 Publishing -- What is "publishing"? -- Contracts with publishers -- 11 DJing -- Playing songs one after the other -- Moral rights -- Copying recordings to use while DJing -- Selling mixes and remixes -- Copyright protection for mixes and remixes -- 12 Making your copyright work for you -- Copyright-based income -- Non-copyright income streams -- Alternative ways of generating income -- Creative Commons licensing -- 13 They're playing your song? -- Can you take action for copyright infringement? -- Can you take action for infringement of your moral rights? -- Can you take action for infringement of your performers' rights? -- What to do if your rights are infringed -- 14 Collecting societies -- Australasian Performing Right Association (APRA) -- Australasian Mechanical Copyright Owners' Society (AMCOS) -- Phonographic Performance Company of Australia (PPCA) -- Copyright Agency -- Viscopy -- Screenrights -- Aboriginal Artists Agency -- Christian music licensing organisations -- 15 Other useful resources -- Australian Copyright Council -- Arts Law Centre of Australia -- Australian Guild of Screen Composers -- Australian Music Centre (AMC) -- Music Rights Australia -- Other resources.

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