MBU 1110-17 TEST WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTION
Copyright Criteria - ANSWER Fixed medium, original or creative, has an
author
EX: Owner of the Oscar Group Selfie
Copyright Duration - ANSWER life of author + 70 years
Copyright Notice - ANSWER the word Copyright, Copr., ©, the year of
publication, and the name of the copyright holder - Copyright © 2001 Joe
Doakes; not required under agreements of the Berne Convention.
Fair Use - ANSWER the conditions under which you can use material that is
copyrighted by someone else without paying royalties
Copyright Administration - ANSWER takes a share of the income but leaves
copyright ownership alone
Copyright Exclusive Rights - ANSWER Exclusive: you may do these and
prevent others from doing them.
1.to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies or phonorecords;
2.to prepare derivative works based upon the copyrighted work;
3.to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to
the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or
lending;
,4.in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works,
pantomimes, and motion pictures and other audiovisual works, to perform
the copyrighted work publicly;
5.in the case of literary, musical, dramatic, and choreographic works,
pantomimes, and pictorial, graphic, or sculptural works, including the
individual images of a motion picture or other audiovisual work, to display
the copyrighted work publicly; and
6.in the case of sound recordings, to perform the copyrighted work publicly
by means of a digital audio transmission.
Copyright Registration - ANSWER Although copyright protection begins
when the "idea" is put in tangible form, the copyright can be registered with
the U.S. Copyright Office (fill out the forms) and more rights accrue to the
copyright holder.
intellectual property - ANSWER intangible creative work that is embodied in
physical form and includes copyrights, trademarks, and patents
Artist Royalty - ANSWER % of sale price of item an artist will receive,
increased royalty available after artist reaches certain plateau
Recoupment - ANSWER the process of keeping the money to recover an
advance
Cross-Collateralization - ANSWER clause in a record contract making costs
accrued on all recordings recoupable out of royalties on all recordings; the
clause makes it hard for an artist's royalty account to ever be in the black
copyright administration deals - ANSWER takes a share of the income but
leaves copyright ownership alone
, Song-plugging - ANSWER - What a good publisher tries to do: Find uses for
songs. Like marketing as a publisher.
- Ex: Hey TV show, we noticed you use a lot of music on your TV show and we
got this new song that you may love
Role of record labels (3) - ANSWER Dictate budget of music videos
Design brand image
Control types of songs artists are allowed to release
Label A&R - ANSWER At smaller organizations, A&R reps act as an artist's
link to the company and are responsible for signing the artist, guiding the
artist's subsequent career, and representing the artist's interests within the
larger organization.
Major Record Labels - ANSWER Universal Music Group, Sony Music
Entertainment, Warner Music Group
Major licensing - ANSWER Synchronization (or sync) license.
Mechanical license.
Master license.
Public performance license.
Theatrical license.
STOMP - ANSWER scratch, tracking, overdubbing, mixing,
polishing/mastering
AFM - ANSWER American Federation of Musicians
SAG-AFTRA - ANSWER Screen Actors Guild/American Federation of