20 Replies to “September 19 (Part I)”

  1. Growing up in the 90s, I have witnessed an evolution for styles
    of music used in video games. Sometimes the music would be enough reason for me to turn on the console and play a specific level.

    More information about video game music and it’s history:
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_music

    P.S. Below are examples of video game music that I have grown to love and recognize immediately. Enjoy!

    Dire, Dire Docks in Super Mario 64; Composed by Koji Kondo
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GBPbJyxqHV0&index=4&list=RDQMP98vYuuvKQ4

    Peril in Halo 2; Composers: Martin O’Donnell & Michael Salvatori
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vUBiRXXwqdI

  2. Licensing seems more complicated than I thought. I’m thankful for those who have the patience to deal with the process of acquiring the proper licenses. I had always wondered why commercials or games like Guitar Hero II would use covers of famous songs instead of the original recordings, and now I know that they probably couldn’t afford the licenses. If you wanna know how much you’d have to pay to get a license from ASCAP, here’s this: https://www.ascap.com/help/ascap-licensing

  3. Copyright is a hard topic to go through especially how it has so many licenses to use. When I wonder why is it complicate when its from a simple cover of a favorite song can have a copyright problem. I also like how it shows the different distributors that gives the rights so anybody can look into it.

  5. Music publishing has more to it than I ever knew about. There are more common uses of licenses, such as for covers and original sound recordings in movie soundtracks. One scenario that stood out to me was the licenses needed for playing recorded music in bars, restaurants, retail stores, etc. This article from ASCAP, the performance rights organization, describes how small business owners need to be licensed and how the musicians that own the music are just like them too, trying to make a living and satisfy their customers (fans).

    https://www.ascap.com/help/ascap-licensing/why-ascap-licenses-bars-restaurants-music-venues

  6. Music licensing is an important step that every artist must take in order to make sure their work can’t be used without their permission. Not only does it stop outside forces from profiting from an artists work, it also helps an artist choose what their music is associated with. This is seen with artists like the beastie boys who are very proctective of their music.
    https://www.google.com/amp/s/pitchfork.com/news/beastie-boys-who-dont-do-ads-sanction-sabotage-for-destiny-2-ad/amp/

  8. The whole processing of licensing is extremely complicated. There are copyrights for composition and for sound recording of music. And the rights of reproduction, creation of derivative works, distribution, public performance, and public display can all be licensed. For example, if a song is used in a movie, you would need both the right for reproduction and the creation of derivative work.

    There was this one commercial for Corpus Christi that got into some trouble because the song sounded very similar to “Feel It Still” by Portugal. The Man, and the band nor the legal team had any idea. I will try and find a link to the commercial, but until then I have a link for the original song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBkHHoOIIn8

  9. When it comes to music copyright unless you are the rightful owner, it is in many ways impossible to be able to have protection in music unless you have the right licenses and rights to be granted that particular set of music. It’s crazy to see that there is a list of licensing rights that people have to follow for the copyright to go the person’s way in order for it to be legal in the first place. If the person doesn’t have a large amount of money then and there, then it’s going to be hard have that copyright whether they want to make music videos or even have it in movie productions then the people who do have that kind of money and can afford to have those rights automatically. Right here is a link about an article that has the audience read about how one is able to specifically get music copyright, the sources of music and how to get those specific licenses.

    http://schoolvideonews.com/Copyright/How-Do-I-Get-Music-Copyright-Permission

  10. We will take care of this dense topic in class this week. However, I wanted to add a piece of information that is missing about Copyrights. If you are interested about specific clauses regarding how long copyrights stay in effect in the U.S. go to:

    https://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ15a.pdf

    As for the Public Domain cut off, it is now set arbitrarily as of 1923. Does this means that all works created before then are free access? Not necessarily. For details on how all of this works go to:

    http://www.infotoday.com/searcher/sep12/Hirtle–When-Is-1923-Going-to-Arrive-and-Other-Complications-of-the-U.S.-Public-Domain.shtml

  12. The concept of music licensing is much more complex than I had thought. I think it is very interesting that there are many different licenses and there are different combinations necessary to obtain music in a certain way. I like learning about the variations of syncing licenses because that is an area that I’d like to potentially pursue in my career.
    Below is an article to read for further detail about sync licenses.
    https://www.thebalance.com/what-is-a-sync-license-2460940

  14. There are really two forms of copyright which are recording and composition. This may be due to today’s technology because not all music is written down. Like with most EDM, it is just recording. Since EDM is not really able to be written down like most ‘traditional’ music, the recording form of copyright really helps the artists out. Some more information about electric music and notations as usually use with traditional music: http://www.synthtopia.com/content/2011/04/25/does-music-notation-matter-for-electronic-music/

  15. I feel like this side of the music industry is purposely complicated to protect the work of the artist. Rather than people finding whatever way to mooch money off product that isn’t theirs it really makes you ask yourself “why don’t I just create my own music”. I recently uploaded a video to YouTube and used maybe 5 seconds of a copyrighted song and had a copyright claim on my video. In a way I was upset but in another way that’s wild how tedious and the business can actually be.

  16. I feel like throughout the entirety of music history there has been someone who finds loopholes to these situations. that’s the only reasonable explanation as to how they have managed to create SO many different copyrights and laws that fall underneath them.

    attached are all the chapters and appendices that make up copyrights: https://www.copyright.gov/title17/

  17. I thought I knew quite a bit about copyright laws but I am a little out of touch with all of the relatively new mediums such as ringtones and cell phone app music. This business is so complex and seems convoluted and not really precise. It is good to know that as an artist, even though I’m seemingly always at risk of breaking a copyright law of some sort, every artist that derives from my work may be as well. Haha!!! So, it seems I’ll be protected.

    Anyways, here’s an article detailing the initial problems with ringtone publishing back in 2007. It’s very interesting how far we’ve come.

    https://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/01/08/steve_gordon_ringtones/

  18. Other than talking about the obvious complexity of the licensing and copyright business; it’s interesting to see how important music is to all aspects of products. This article talks about the background music different types of industries such as television and gaming. Music is such an important point of advertising products that many people overlook it .
    the link below talks about the importance of music in advertising any product. I touch light on this aspect because I want to take a different angle on the article where individuals have already pointed out the obvious complexity of rights and responsibilities of using music in the the business industry .

    https://sites.duke.edu/soundscapes/2015/11/24/the-power-of-sounds-in-advertising/

  20. I never understood why artist didn’t take the time to learn the marketing side of the business and handle all of the aspects themselves. Looking at this it’s a lot and this is only one side of the industry. I see that it takes a team well trained team of people who are well versed in certain aspects of the industry to really be successful.

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