Songs vs Sound Recordings: Know the difference
Sep 8, 2010
Two types of copyrights routinely cause frustration and confusion for many church leaders striving to honor copyright compliance. U.S. Copyright Law allows for eight specific types of works of authorship that can be copyrighted , and two of these are frequently misunderstood. They are music (or songs) – including any accompanying words, and sound [...]
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Twitter Digest for 2010-09-05
Sep 5, 2010
Good question about the copyright issues surrounding a church showing a copyrighted film in a drive-in movie… http://fb.me/FCwmS8SM # Copyright Basics for Christian self-publishers http://ow.ly/2wOAo #copyright # Last week’s copyright news « CopyrightCommunity http://ow.ly/2wKAN #copyright # "We want to show the move "To Save A Life" on a somewhat big screen…so what are [...]
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Jimmy Fallon, Bananarama and church video productions
Aug 31, 2010
What do Jimmy Fallon and Bananrama have to do with your church’s video productions? They were both involved in recent examples of how failing to plan for copyright issues can minimize the value of the videos on which you spend so much time and effort. In Jimmy Fallon’s case, he and NBC creates some sensational [...]
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Last week’s copyright news
Aug 30, 2010
Copyright deadlines for your Christmas projects – http://eepurl.com/TDrI # RIAA: U.S. copyright law ‘isn’t working’ – http://ow.ly/2tTvu #copyright # Bankrupt Playlist.com Owes Labels $28 Million http://ow.ly/2uG0I #copyright # Author of poem says embroidered pillows violate copyright http://ow.ly/2uOeM #copyright # Tony Woodlief: Curse of the Copyright Holders and Their Fee-Seeking Lawyers http://ow.ly/2uSrV #copyright # [...]
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Twitter question: YouTube vids on my church’s site?
Aug 18, 2010
Just got this question on a common subject: @CopyrightSolver what’s the protocol on using YouTube videos on our church’s website? YouTube is just a massive Pandora’s box of copyright issues. First of all, almost all of the videos including copyrighted materials that are uploaded to YouTube are done so without getting proper permission. While [...]
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