Copyright Laws

Any work that you do belongs to you, therefore no one else has the right to claim that this work is theirs unless they pay in order to have this privilege. For example,you can do this by either:

1. Selling your copyright which is called a 'Buy Out' which means that you no longer have ownership over your work anymore. 
2. Or License your work out so that people can use it but you still have to be credited and receive recognition because you still own the right to your work. For instance, when you download a song you are purchasing the license to listen to that song however, you don't have the right to to resell it or use it in any other way. For example, it would be forbidden to use this song on a website without a 'Buy Out'.

There are ways of avoiding breaking any copyright Laws. 'Fair Dealing' or 'Lifting' means that there is no copyright if you just use the facts of a story, therefore you can reuse them. There is also no copyright in ideas. However, an interview is copyright. For example, both quotes and pictures etc. come under the protection of copyright. For purposes of comment, criticism or review you are allowed to use someone's work (must be brief). You MUST include credit of where the work came from and ensure that all sources are acknowledged in your work, in order for it to be packaged within 'Fair Dealing'. This basically means that you need to state if you are reviewing/ criticising a film if you're using the film's footage.