When owning
a recording studio there are many different legal liability issues that could
occur. The first legal issue that could occur would be intellectual property.
Trademarks and copyrights could be infringed unknowingly weather it be a simple
symbol or color pattern to abut 20 seconds of someone else’s already copyrighted
music. Trademarks are usually words, symbols slogans basically things that are
used to identify the source of origin with products or services. Copyright
protection usually covers literary and artistic expression. Which usually goes
under books, music, paintings plays, movies and many more. In order to avoid
anything from happening such as any legal trouble one should always take
preventative actions. Some things that can be done is making sure that the
music you are recording is not someone else’s and if it is you are not taking a
substantial amount of their work. If you want to take a substantial amount of
the previously recorded song you should ask for permission to use it from the rightful
owner. More than likely they would be willing to agree but would want either a
down payment or a certain percentage of the earnings from the song. Copyright infringement
could be a very long and messy process to deal with when on either sides of the
table. When dealing with trademarks the only time it would be ok to use is if
you have permission from a competitor to use either that competitor’s logo or
colors or something to indicate that it is them in a competitive commercial.
Just as Charmin tissue does with Scott tissue. Attached you will find the following
links helpful and useful when trying to understand exactly what is an
intellectual property. You would also learn more in depth how to actually go
about protecting your copyright with your copyright code.
http://itunes.apple.com/itunes-u/intellectual-property-law/id388454392
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