Analysis of Copyright Law and its Implications for Creative Industries

This report delves into the critical role of copyright law within the creative industries, emphasizing the protection it offers to original artistic works. It outlines the importance of copyright in safeguarding the rights of creators, controlling the dissemination and use of their work, and preventing unauthorized copying. The report explores the application of copyright law across various creative sectors, including media, and discusses how it extends to musical, literary, artistic, and theatrical works, as well as software and databases. Furthermore, it examines remedies available for copyright infringement, encompassing administrative, criminal, and civil actions. The conclusion highlights the significance of copyright law for future career prospects, underscoring its role in protecting creative expression and enabling creators to control the application of their work.

Law for Creative Industries

TABLE OF CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
1. Importance of copyright law...................................................................................................1
2. Application of copyright with context of creative industries..................................................1
3. Remedies available for copyright infringement......................................................................2
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................2
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Copyright law is form of protection given through United States to different authors who
worked originally. It comprises dramatic, musical, literary, creative and other artistic work. The
present report will discuss about its significance and application to specific field (media). In the
similar aspect, it will represent remedies for copyright infringement and concluding with
replicating importance in future perspective on basis of creative industry.
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1. Importance of copyright law
Copyright laws helps in protecting rights of artist, author or any other originator on basis
of creative work to control that how and when it can be disseminated and copied. It helps in
preventing others by performing appropriate operation with absence of permission. In the similar
aspect, it had protected capability of gaining margin from creativity but it is not absolute. It is
basic pillar with reference to capitalist society as it creates legal framework which encourages
and allows entrepreneurship with extension of legal protection to individuals. Industries and
business entity for proprietary intangible assets (Importance of copyright laws, 2018).
This law helps in protecting business by being overcome through copycat brands and
counterfeit brands. Its brand images, songs and slogan allows organization for determining
immediate and strong aspect along with various situations of market place. It provides
enthusiasm to organizations and people for creating innovative things through guaranteeing
protection of different ideas of proprietary. In case, each business entity is allowed for stealing
brand identities of others, then branding concept would collapse as customers would be never
capable to determine particular image of brand is truly shown the original. Further, enforcement
of various exclusive rights in context of copyright laws are very significant along with granting
specific rights (Torremans, 2018).
2. Application of copyright with context of creative industries
In the present scenario, there is emergence of various creative industries as unique area of
interests for statisticians, economists, policymakers and cultural specialist as well. These
industries are replicated as range of numerous economic activities which are directly concerned
with circulating knowledge, information and focusing on generation as well. Media is also
component of creative industry.
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Copyright helps in protecting musical, written, artistic and theatrical works. It could be
directly applied to sound recordings, book layouts, broadcasts and film. In the similar aspect,
software and database both could be copyrighted as they are directly categorised as literary
works. For instance, original work such as article or script is created and traced in fixed for like
writing then it is automatically copyrighted so there is no need of applying for it. Further,
duration of copyright is dependent on type of work and extracted with period of death of creator.
If anyone wants to apply that copyrighted work, then there is requirement of seeking
permission for its application along with few exceptions. This is indirectly engaged in paying
fees. On basis of copyright and freelancing, employers ask freelancers, employees and
contractors for signing agreement which directly concedes ownership of copyright. It is referred
as very common for publishing on frequent aspect, suppliers such as web content agency grants
copyright to its consumers like owners of website as contributing to commercial agreement.
Before disclosing any idea to third party, everybody must consider signing and drawing non
disclosure agreement. There must be less reliance on various informal verbal agreements
(Montoro-Pons & Cuadrado-García, 2018).
3. Remedies available for copyright infringement
The copyright protection must be cont contravened for work in public domain. For
instance, song could be downloaded via website and broadcast through radio station. In these
examples, it is next to impossible for track and to consider legal action for them who avoids
copyright. The copyright owner might take action against infringement. The remedies are named
as:
 Administrative remedies: It consists of passing registrar of copyrights for banning
import of infringing carious copies.
 Criminal remedies: Appropriate imprisonment of imposition or accusing fine and both.
In similar aspect infringing copies are seized.
 Civil remedies: Commanding damages or accounting profit along with delivering of
infringing copy and conversion damages (Yu, 2018).
CONCLUSION
From the above study it had been concluded that, copyright law is legal right for dealing
with original creative work and infringement is theft of these works through indefensible dealing.
It is very important for future career perspective as it protect the artistic and creative expression
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of idea. In the similar aspect, it allows rights of owner in literary artistic work for controlling its
application and it also protects original work on artistic merit.
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REFERENCES
Books and Journals
Montoro-Pons, J. D., & Cuadrado-García, M. (2018). Copyright infringement and cultural
participation. In Digital Piracy (pp. 146-174). Routledge.
Torremans, P. L. (2018). Book Review: Reconstructing European Copyright Law for the Digital
Single Market, by Bernd Justin Jütte.(Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2017). Common Market Law
Review, 55(5), 1670-1672.
Yu, V. (2018). Calculating Statutory Damages in Copyright Infringement Cases: What
Constitutes One Work. Santa Clara L. Rev., 58, 375.
ONLINE
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