Music Copyrighting

Creative Commons - allows you to share your work with no legal obligations. Make sure it is credited, meaning you credit the person who actually created the product, image etc.


Copyright - The right given to the owner/publisher to protect their media (for example music/audio, graphics/video and software) and stop others using it without their permission.

Types of copyright:

Right to copy - royalty free, creative commons (CC)

No right to copy - Copyrighted protected

Royalty Free - is copyrighted material available to use without needing to pay royalties or license fees.

Fair Use - is using a copyrighted material for a limited purpose such as to comment, criticise or parody. These uses can be done without permission from the copyright owner. If your use qualifies as a fair use, it would not be considered an illegal infringement.

Music Licensing Companies
http://www.musicbed.com - Attractive, well designed website with a large amount of free and paid audio.

http://www.beatsuite.com - Simple, royalty free audio available. Music and sound FX.

http://www.eccorights.org - Copyright obtaining service. Based in, and caters for St. Lucia, W.I.

http://www.ppluk.com - Music licensing company

http://www.beatpick.com - Music licensing company

Copyrighted Music Stores:
iTunes

Amazon Music

Google Music