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CMU Training team offer a few more copyright insights
By CMU Editorial | Published on Tuesday 27 March 2012
The latest entry in the growing library of tips and insights from the CMU Training team goes live today, providing some background on just who owns the copyrights that existing in songs and records, and how exactly we know who the owners are.
Says CMU Publisher Chris Cooke: “Artists might not like to admit it, but the minute they write or record a song they are in the copyright business, and the copyrights they are creating might just be what provides them with a living for the rest of their lives”.
He adds: “As a branch of intellectual property law, copyright is quite a dry topic, but as a key revenue generator for artists they and everyone who works with them really ought to understand the basics of how music rights work – preferably before they sign them all away to someone else! The CMU Training tips offer a few helpful insights, and our one-day Music Rights course tells you all the basic information you need to know about managing, monetising and protecting your copyrights”.
The latest copyright tips can be accessed via the Tips Library section at www.theCMUwebsite.com/training, while details of the Music Rights course, the next edition of which is on 11 Apr, are available here.
