1. Unit 4 – Pre-Production Lauren Whyte
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Copyright
When productions are made, copyright can sometimes be implemented in order to stop
another company or individual from stealing an ideaor character. Copyright law simply states
that another person cannot copy your work. This means that another company or person
can’t take your work and remake it. As a result, they can’t take your work and try to copy it in
order to sellit. Furthermore, copyright law alsoexpresses that another person can’t copy your
characters, your settings or your plots. Once you have placed a copyright onto these three
things, they are not able to be replicated in someone else’s production. Finally, copyright law
alsostates that another person can’t take your ideas and replicate them although this is much
harder to prove in a court of law. As a result, without a person’s permission none of this can
occur. When a person grants their permission for another individual to use their ideas, work
or characters, this will usually involve them paying a fee.
To conclude, if a person decides to use an idea that has been placed under a copyright, this
can lead to them being sued. They may also be made to pay damages. Copyright law enables
work to be protected for avarying period of time depending on what the work is.For example,
written work can be protected for 70 years after the author has passedaway. This means that
people can’t copy their work, even after they have died. Furthermore, a television broadcast
can be protected for 50 years from the date that the broadcast has been made. Finally, a film
can be protected for 70 years following the death of the last of the following persons: author
of the screenplay, the author of the dialogue, the composer of the original music that was
commissioned for the use of the filmor the principal director. Oncethe copyright has expired,
this means that the work enters the public domain. As a result, the work can be copied or
remade by anyone.
