Exam 1 Flashcards
Define the Entertainment Industries
the monetized function of leisure time
What are the three defining features of the creative industries?
- require human features
- act as a vehicle for symbolic meaning
- contains intellectual property
6 exclusive rights granted in copyright
- to reproduce a copyrighted work
- to prepare derivative works
- to distribute copies
- to perform publicly (excludes sounds recordings)
- to display publicly
- to perform a sound recording by means fo digital audio transmission
duration of copyright
life plus 70
what is not protected by copyright
- the public domain
- ideas
- facts
- names, titles, phrases, short slogans
- works of the government
- unfixed works
how do we place value on a creative product
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intrinsic value
economic value
moral value
characteristics of the creative industries
- connection to the product
- diversity of skills
- vertically differentiated skills (A listers and B listers)
- uncertainty of demand
- subjectivity
- infinite variety
what industries would be considered creative?
film
radio
music
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what are copyright formalities
- copyright notice
- registration
- deposit
what industries would be considered entertainment?
BOOK
defense against infringment
- fair use
- statute of limitations
- abandonment of copyright
- independent creation
- fair use
- fraud on the copyright office
- misuse of copyright
- innocent intent
how much is it to register for copyright
$35 or $55 online
$60 on paper
Sonny Bono act
added 20 years to life plus 50 to life plus 70
also added
requirements for copyright
- originality
- fixation
- expression
work made for hire
a company/person hires an employee. employer owns copyright
current statutory rate
9.1 cent
compulsory mechanical license
right to royalties from copyright
derivative work
based off of an already existing work
how does the public performance right in sound recordings differ from that in musical compositions?
the sound recording differs from the musical work. radio does not pay for the performance of sound recordings- it is not digital audio transmisson.
sound exchange
collects and distributes digital performance royalties
DPRSA
digital performance right in sound recordings act of 1995
