KOOL SWADE SPEAK ABOUT COPYRIGHT AND RELATED RIGHTS.

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‘Copyright’ is one of the better words in the English language in that it means exactly what it says. It is the ‘right to copy’. If an artist writes a song or makes a recording no one else has the right to make copies of it without the artist’s permission. With the parallel evolution of technology and law, copyright has evolved to cover control by the author of other uses of a work such as public performance, broadcasting and distribution. Traditionally the term ‘copyright’ refers to an author’s works whereas rights of performers, phonogram producers and broadcasting organisations are usually referred to as ‘related rights’ or ‘neighbouring rights’ but in essence they are all forms of intellectual property rights. In some countries such as the UK and the US related rights are regarded as another form of copyright, but for the purposes of this publication we will define the rights of performers, phonogram producers and broadcasting organisations as ‘related rights’. One has to go back to the invention and evolution of the printing press in the sixteenth century to find the first regulations concerning copyright. The right to copy books was limited to certain copyright holders. The first real copyright legislation came along in 1710 in England but it was not until the mid-nineteenth century in France that modern copyright law began to take shape. One of the main factors to be understood is that there are two systems in law. The system applied in continental Europe and which originated in France is referred to as civil law whereas the English legal system is referred to as common law. Civil law systems place far greater emphasis on the rights of the author (songwriter, composer or author of the lyrics) referred to as droit d’auteur, whereas common law systems put more emphasis on the concept of copyright ownership. Please Support Kool Swade Music http://www.koolswademusic.stream