Understanding Copyright Law With Aurelia J Schultz

The Point Black Podcast

This week The Music Industry Incubator hosts Aurelia J. Schultz who is an international copyright expert with 15 years of experience in African Copyright. She earned her BA in Religious Studies from Carroll College and her Juris Doctorate from Vanderbilt University Law School in Nashville. She began her legal career at Creative Commons where she was the first Africa Regional Coordinator. Most recently, she served as Counsel for Policy and International Affairs at the U.S. Copyright Office. She has trained artists, industry professionals and government officials around the world and enjoys collaborating with others to improve our global creative industries. What is A Music Copyright? A copyright is the legal mechanism that gives you a property right indoor creation. It changes you from a creator into an owner and that's important because property rights are alienable, which means that you can buy them and sell them, lease them, and rent them and trade them. Summary 00:51 Intro to Copyright 2:14 What is mechanical right 8:40 What is WIPO 10:15 Importance of treaties and how they affect you 16:00 As an artist who is collaborating how is copyright ownership determined 19:20 Who owns the sound recordings 24:00 How long does Copyright last 26:55 How to enforce your copyright 29:49 How to enforce your copyright 31:50 Protecting your copyright 35:00 How your copyright works across territories 40:15 How attribution works 45:01 How to protect your work 46:26 What do Public Domain and Fair Use mean 50:50 Copyrighting a sound using sheet music