If you are the copyright owner, you have rights.
If anyone exploits your work without your consent - it is likely to be copyright infringement.
Infringement takes place when a substantial part of the work has been copied. There are no hard and fast rules about exactly how much copying creates a copyright infringement. The test is one of quality not quantity.
A popular example of copyright infringement is the use of samples.
When sampling music, it is always advisable to seek the consent of the copyright owner regardless of the length of the sample. If the sample that has been taken is recognisable from the song that it has been taken from, it is highly likely that the copying will constitute copyright infringement even if it is just a few seconds long. If copyright infringement is established, as the copyright owner, you will be entitled to a number of legal remedies:-
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an INJUNCTION to prevent the infringer from continuing to copy your music.
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an order for DELIVERY UP of the infringing copies (i.e.) you will be able to take possession of all records, tapes, demos, CDs that contain copies of your music
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DAMAGES
THINK ABOUT THIS IF YOU INTEND TO USE SAMPLES!!
Another example of copyright infringement are Bootleg or pirate CD’s – this is when people make multiple copies of copyrighted work and sell them for commercial gain.
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