What copyright is used for is that it there to protect peoples work from other people who would steal it and call it there own work and claim all the money to them self and not to original owner and creator. This is why there is loads of laws to protect creators and there intellectual work property. Sometimes if you don't ask to use someone else's work they could sue you and you could be punished by losing money or going to jail.
Ways you could get in trouble is that you could re-post there music on websites like Youtube or Vimeo. And not giving them credit so that could afford you to get in trouble with the artist about there property that you posted, Another way you could get in trouble is that you could re-use the material in a different way for example you could steal someones chorus from there song and claim it as your own, this is making your own own version with there content which you don't have permission to use.
Ways you could avoid getting in trouble about copyright you give credit to the original creator of the work and say that every piece of it is there and not yours, Another way is to seek permission from the original creator of the work by either messaging on social networks like facebook or twitter, another way is calling on there phone or emailing them.
The concept of copyright came from the UK and was created in 1709 with Statue of Anne. The current UK copyright law of the is to be found in the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 (the 1988 Act), as amended. This came into force on 1 August 1989, for the most part, save for some minor provisions that were brought into force in 1990 and 1991.
The types of work eligible for copyright protection include a literary, dramatic, artistic or musical work, the typographical arrangement of a published edition, a sound recording, a film, or a broadcast.
Various amendments have been made to the original statute, mostly originating from European Union directives.
Cinema films made before 1 June 1957, the date on which the Copyright Act 1956 came into force, are not protected as film. They are either protected as a dramatic work under the Copyright Act 1911 (the 1911 Act) or as a series of photographs.
Wireless broadcasts prior to 1 June 1957 are not protected at all. The 1911 Act made no provision for them, as broadcasting had not as yet been invented when the Act was passed. Broadcasts by cable prior to 1 January 1985 are not protected at all either. Both the Acts of 1911 and 1956 made no provision for broadcasts by cable, as they had not been defined and protected as either "works" or "broadcasts" of either Acts.
Vanilla Ice became a household word for a while, not because of his talent, but because of the copyright infringement that occured in 1990 when it came to light that he had sampled Queen and David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” without consent or license. Ice Ice Baby hit number one on the charts in the United States and Vanilla Ice became the one ‘under pressure’. Vanilla Ice altered the rhythm of the baseline thinking he would thereby avoid any question of credit, royalties, license or even permission. This case never went to court as it was clear that Vanilla Ice had stolen the sample without permission. He settled out of court with Queen and David Bowie for an undisclosed but very likely very high amount. Ice Ice Baby has been released in many different versions, since then, with all of the legal procedures followed.
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 defines the penalties of breaking copyright laws. The maximum penalty on conviction on indictment is ten years imprisonment. 6 months imprisonment is the maximum penalty on conviction and or a fine of £5,000. But if the piece of work which was copyrighted made lots of money it could led to more money being paid.
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