Introduction:
Once we had finalised our song choice, we decided to write a copyright letter to the record company to ensure our production was legitimate and that no problems later occur during the process which may prevent us from using the song we have chosen. Creating a copyright letter for reassurance is essential to the process of the music video, without it we do not have legal rights to use an artists song for our benefit and eventually share it on platforms such as Youtube. The copyright letter will be used as a source of evidence to prevent us from being accused of infringement.
Copyright letter:
We wrote up a letter requesting permission to use the single, we ensured that we will credit them for letting us use the song and we emphasised that the song will be used solely for educational purposes.
Email:
We sent this via email to the artists two managers. We are currently waiting for a response to ensure that we can continue with our production and use the song for the video we are creating.
Conclusion:
Creating the copyright letter is very important as it will give us the legal requirement to use the song we wish to, so it is done in a legitimate and effective way. The letter will be used as protection for our own production company as we have reached out to the copyright holders of the song. On the occasion that the copyright holders respond and inform us that we cannot use the single, we will respect their decisions and immediately alter our ideas to suit our position. If we get permission to use the single however, we will do as promised and use it while crediting them in the most appropriate manner.
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