Copyright is something that up until now, I never thought about that much. It was brought to our attention that copyright in the UK is pretty much automatic for your own work, however we were advised to put the copyright symbol in the corner of our work anyway just so that we can prove that it is in fact ours!
However as we step into the professional it isn't always as simple as one individual getting the rights to something. It all depends on who you work for! For example, if a film is created, the rights go to the principle director and the producer if it is a joint effort. However if it is independent , or an individual was to create a pairing, or piece of music or writing then the rights would go to that individual.
The duration of copyright depends, for music and sound work it lasts for only 70 years after its start date, however other artistic work lasts for the creator's lifetime plus another 70 years (YIKES) Asking for permission to use somebody's work is very important because they own the rights to it. If you are creating something for educational purposes then it isn't as important but its always best to ask anyway!
Copyright in itself can get quite complicated but for now I'm glad that I know the basics of it, considering before I started this course I was pretty clueless!
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