Copyright lecture

Copyright gives the owner, creator, publisher or author the right to control the way their material is used. Everything can be copyrighted, including: Film, Animation, Games, Computer apps, drawings, illustrations and music. 
Anything with an independent or collaborative intellectual effort can be copyrighted. Including scripts, lyrics and stories.
 If your work is produced in the UK it is protected by copyright.


Copyright means you can't copy, adapt, perform, rent, distribute or lend these items without consent or permission.

You can transfer of legally buy the rights to something legally.


Copyrighted things have different lifetimes depending on what it is. This means that after a certain time, the items become free from copyright.
Literary, Dramatic, Artistic or Photographic items have a life time of the artists life+70 years.
Sound recordings have a lifetime of 70 years.

You must always seek permission to use some work if you intend for the public to see it. 
Be careful what sites you share it on, as some sites take ownership of your images.

Alternatives to Copyright

There are alternatives to copyright.
COPYLEFT
The author can give permission to someone to reproduce, adapt and/or distribute the work as long as they mark their work as copyleft as well.

Creative commons are a non-profit organisation that allows people to share, reuse and remix things legally, however it can get confusing;

CC BY- you can remix, tweak, distribute and build on work, as long as they credit the original artist for the work.

CC BY SA- you can distribute, remix, tweak and build on wok, as long as the original artist is credited and as long as they license it under the same terms (similar to copyleft)

CC BY ND- non-commercial and commercial re-distribution is allowed as long as it's not been changed and it credits the artist.

CC BY NC- work can be remixed, tweaked, distributed and built on, as long as the original artist is credited.. but it is non-commercial.

CC BY NC SA- work can be distributed, remixed, tweaked and built on, as long as the original artist is credited, but it is non-commercial and must be licensed under the same terms.

CC BY NC ND- others can download and share your work, but they must credit you as the original artist and they can't modify it or use it commercially.

Music videos and animation

This is a music video for a metal band called Killswitch Engage. This video, directed by Jim Starace, was done using claymation and involved turning the band members into modelling clay characters. The guitarist said that they chose to do this video because they'd always wanted to make a video that didn't directly feature them, and 'who doesn't like claymation and space aliens?'

A lot of music artists do decide to use animation in their music videos, as it allows the "band members"to experience interesting, magical or otherworldly experiences that they wouldn't be allowed to experience in real life obviously. It makes for an interesting and unique video.