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 productions [...]
The altering of corporate logos to convey Christian messages has become fairly commonplace, with altered logos showing up on t-shirts, in sermons and now on cars. A Wisconsin priest recently ran afoul of Best Buy for unauthorized use of the trademarked logo for their Geek Squad service. As the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal reported: “Best Buy, the Minnesota-based electronics retailing giant, recently sent Strand a cease-and-desist letter concerning his car. The black Volkswagen Beetle has oval door stickers that read “God Squad” in a logo very similar to the black, white and orange logos on black-and-white Geek Squad Beetles driven by the computer and electronics trouble-shooters.”
KC blogr shares a ‘cease and desist’ from Paramount for Torrent sharing. http://ow.ly/2mTKf #copyright #DMCA # Remember where those royalty payments are going… http://fb.me/tDYMcnyl # Royalty payments and “the little guy” http://ow.ly/2n3G0 #copyright # RT @CopyrightSolver: KC blogr shares a ‘cease and desist’ from Paramount for Torrent sharing. http://ow.ly/2mTKf #copyright #DMCA # The Music-Copyright Enforcers [...]
There has been a lot of confusion about a recent report released by the Librarian of Congress in which it was stated: (1) Motion pictures on DVDs that are lawfully made and acquired and that are protected by the Content Scrambling System when circumvention is accomplished solely in order to accomplish the incorporation of short [...]
One of the most popular concepts considered by worship teams is to rework popular songs with Christian lyrics. Rewriting the lyrics of a song is creating a new “derivative work” based on the original song. Creating a derivative work is one of the exclusive rights of a copyright owner, and creating a derivative work requires [...]
Most churches are aware of the need to secure permissions to use music, images and video. Fewer are aware of the need to get permission to use literary works.
When times are tough and belts are tightening, some churches have difficulty justifying payment of song royalties. It can seem a little superfluous to pay for the use of music when cuts are being made in so many critical areas. An article in yesterday’s New York Times contained a passage that addresses one of the [...]
CopyrightCommunity Twitter Digest for 2010-08-01 http://ow.ly/2jUCL #copyright # Librarian of Congress reviews DMCA to allow 'free use' of phones, DVDs, and limit use of 'read-aloud' e-books. http://ow.ly/2jV4X # Internationally, Korean schools receive huge copyright royalty fees. http://ow.ly/2krSI #copyright #education # Respecting Others’ Work (A Screed Against Plagiarism) http://ow.ly/2kfvj #copyright # Cover song or derivative work? [...]
Great question about a subject that is gaining a lot of interest among churches and ministries. Performance licensing is an important copyright concept. Fortunately, it is also one of the simplest to understand and easiest to acquire. @CopyrightSolver Can you help? Want to play music at a fund-raiser for nonprofit org and create a ppt pres w/music, [...]
We frequently get questions about the nature of derivative works. This particular question was addressed on KnowTheMusicBiz.com: “I just arranged a song which I thought was a pretty good cover of a popular song. When I applied for a mechanical license, the publisher said it was a derivative. I’ve had several people, including a musicologist, listen to [...]
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