“Copyright- an creators protection (If you can create it, you can protect it)
This is one word that could get you in a lot of trouble if you are not careful. This week I learned that copyright goes beyond books, articles, and music but a dance could also be copyrighted. I remember in undergrad always trying to keep an account of everything I researched to get information for our big papers that we had in Music History. Copyright is not always a fun thing to do but at least once you really get it, you know what to do and what not to do. In writing a research paper, you must cite all of your sources so that it is very clear that some of the information you are using is not your own.
Certain citations have specific requirements. If you repeat a statement that you found in a book or article you have to cite the book and page that you got the quote from. Pretty much every quote that is not yours has to be cited with a page number and the author. This is only a certain citation system. I am a songwriter and I never thought about how important it was for an author or even a dance creator to protect their works.
I am glad that copyright allows you to protect what is yours, it is kind of like an alarm system for creators.”
Copyright Picture
http://www.flickr.com/photos/man_from_md/6008832460/
My comment:
I completely understand the fact that is quite an “alarm system” as you stated. I had no idea about the extent to which music artist had to go to protect their work and the rules that determine a valid copyright. I always got how sampling so many minutes can cause problems but the fact that you in some way have to record everything you create just to protect seems strenuous. As an artist we can have the same issues when it comes to using other’s reference pictures and copyrights but like with your music one would one their creation protected as well, so I emphasize with the value.
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