Royalties

Illustrators and artists should be allowed to use photographs under the copyright “Fair Use” without having to pay any royalties to, or ask permission from to the original photographer or copyright holder. If the new work is transformative of the original photograph, then artists should be able to use photographs in their work because they serve as inspiration just as other art forms do. Shepard Fairey was born in Charleston, South Carolina in 1970 (“Obey Giant” CV). He graduated with a B.A. from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1992 (“Obey Giant” CV). Fairey is a contemporary graphic designer and street artist who also founded OBEY Clothing (“Obey Giant” CV). He was first largely recognized for his “Andre the Giant Has a Posse” sticker campaign, and then for his controversial Barack Obama “Hope” poster in 2008 (Kennedy 1). Fairey is known for his guerilla-style street art in the graffiti scene (Brooks 1). In 2009 Fairey sued The Associated Press in a civil suit in 2009 after it contended that he had infringed on the copyright of one of its photographs in creating the work (Kennedy 1). Fairey argued that his art constituted fair use under copyright law. Fairey maintained that he had never personally profited from sales of the image, which the A.P. disputed (Lewis 1). The civil lawsuit was settled, and the two sides agreed to financial terms and…

ever wonder why artist do a lot of campaigning or advertisement? This is why. The record labels take most of what they make from it. In order for an artist to live they have to do a lot of commercials and campaigns. In some cases artists work in Hollywood movies, fan clubs, and even write books, but the labels still make a profit for everything the artist does even if they have no part in it (Donnelly, 2010). The artist is now a brand of whatever major label they came from. The 360 deal is more…

We ensure our royalty by honoring our ancestors who humbled themselves so we can be prideful, by the way we carry ourselves, and by paving a path for our posterity. Dictionary.com’s definition of royalty is: having the status of a king or queen or a member of their family. Meaning royalty should be treated with dignity. Even if they are held to the lowest of standards? Are they still deserving of respect and honor? When the word ‘royalty’ rattles the atmosphere people usually think of…

going into payment methods the difference between a mechanical royalty and a performance royalty must be defined. A performance royalty is a fee a music user pays when a musical work (melody and lyrics) are performed publicly. Mechanical royalties are royalties paid to a songwriter whenever a copy of their song is streamed on via ‘mechanical’ or interactive site. The Mechanical statutory royalty rate is set by the government…

Students come to Berklee to do the impossible in the music industry. Innovation and creativity are what drive the industry forward. Berklee graduates are helped guided for careers as entrepreneurs in the fast changing music business. Entrepreneurialism is fast paced and is the most valuable asset for students to enhance in the competitive music environment Recently Berklee has launched a project that will help foster the creation of a new service/project/business that will help some the major…

Most of the people who are apart of making a record are paid in royalties and anytime music changes hand without money being involved, those royalties can't be paid. Internet makes possible for us to download new and old music. Music affect people in different ways from relaxing, motivating and hyping them up to perform whether on a basketball court, football field or ballet on Broadway. How do the music affect them. Internal validity can play a one sided part of a research. Directors'…

The issues are (i) whether Eason and Faye are partners of FAE Music; (ii) whether they are liable for breach of contract with (a) studio musicians and (b) Andy, for (c) copyright infringement against Andy and (d) destruction of the recording equipment; and (iii) if yes, whether they can share the liabilities with Ringo. Partnership Faye, Adele and Eason signed a written agreement providing for each of them to share the business’ profits and defining their respective responsibilities in FAE…

They negotiate contracts without labels and artists who may have a bigger pull and can get a bigger share for their plays over anyone less popular. Spotify announced they paid out $500 million in royalties from 2008 to 2012. They’ve since said they’ve doubled their userbase, but it remains to be seen fair and viable for artists in a 16 billion dollar per year industry. But Spotify is still ancillary overall. As an artist, you can’t go straight from nothing to Spotify. You have to have some sort…

them. They do this by giving and exploiting royalties and then collecting the royalties on behalf of the songwriters. The publishers are responsible for ensuring that the songwriters and composers receive payment when their songs are played commercially. The publishing companies have to help the public to understand the importance of copyright in the music industry as it is a very big issue. If a song hasn’t been copyrighted (Either recorded or written down), then the lyrics or musical content…

Copyright has many rules when it comes to the music industry. If producers aren’t careful then they may just end up with copyright penalties ranging from $200 to $150,000 for each stolen piece, court costs, the song can be taken down and the person that illegally used someone’s original work can go to jail. Music sampling can easily violate copyright terms if producers don’t get the correct permission. Music Sampling is when a music producer takes a few notes or maybe even a whole course from an…