Definition §

Copyright

Protects original works as belonging to a particular individual or company

Examples of Copyright §

• Movies
• TV Shows
• Songs
• Books

Examples of Copyright Protection §

Company can pay to have their product placed in a film, but if a product is palced in a film without the permission of the copyright holder, even if tis beneficial for them, then they can sue for copyright.

• Men at work sued by family that make Coockaburra sits in the old gumtree for a particular section of their song
• Bitter Sweet Symphoney sued by the rolling stones song ”The Last Time - The Andrew Oldham Orchestra”
• Dua Lipa’s ”Levitating” sued by Artifical Sound System for similarities to their song; ”Live your life“.
• The Weekend ”Star-boy” sued by Allah Honoyo for similarities to Deep Osman
• Queen’s ”Under Pressure” sued by Vanilla Ice for similarities to ”Ice Ice Baby”
• Ed Sheeran’s ”Thinking out loud” sued by Marvin Gaye’s for similarities to ”Let’s Get it on“.