Copyright for the Fine & Performing Arts: Getting Permissions
This guide gives faculty and students--as practitioners of the arts--a working knowledge of their rights and responsibilities when it comes to copyright, and the fair use of copyrighted materials and others' works of art.
Related Research Guides
Determine copyright/public domain status and much more!
Alternatives to Copyright
Guide Books
Patent, Copyright and Trademark by Call Number: Faust Law Library, Level 1 Stacks, KF2980.E44 2018A plain-English guide to intellectual property law. The 2017 edition is updated to provide the latest laws, court decisions, and sample forms.
Clearance and Copyright: everything you need to know for film and television by Clearance and Copyright is the industry-standard guide to almost every conceivable rights issue that filmmakers, videomakers, television producers, and Internet content creators might encounter.
Getting Permission: How to License & Clear Copyrighted Materials Online & Off by Three copies: Quinney Law Library/McKay Music Library/Marriott Library (Fine Arts Collection), KF3002.S75.
Tackles the permissions process head-on without the legalese. It shines the light on whom to ask for permission, as well as when--and how much to expect--to pay for permission.
Music Licensing
- ASCAP (The American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers) Music LicensingASCAP licenses the right to perform songs and musical works created and owned by the songwriters, composers, lyricists and music publishers who are ASCAP members and also those members of foreign performing rights organizations who are represented by ASCAP in the United States.
- SESAC Music Licensing Frequently Asked QuestionsSESAC, Inc. is a performing rights organization; performing rights organizations are businesses designed to represent songwriters and publishers and their right to be compensated for having their music performed in public.
- Music Publishers Association: Copyright Resource Center"This copyright resource center is intended as a guide for locating the publisher of a piece of music. It links to various other organizations' web sites which offer useful search tools. It is limited to those pieces in the repertory and/or licensed by the organizations listed. If you are unable to locate a specific title using this search process, it does NOT imply that the work is in the public domain."
- Music Library Association: Copyright for Music LibrariansWhile this website is intended for librarians and library professionals, it does include FAQs and other information that may be useful to students & faculty.
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