The Random Noise Network: Revenue From Your Rights (The Magic of Copyright)

Feature: The Magic of Copyright
COREnered: Q&A With Michael Barry
TC Artists: TuneCore Artists in the News
Blog Roll: Latest Music News
Music: Weekly Staff Picks

August 11th, 2010

Feature
The Magic of Copyright
John Snyder

John Snyder is the founder and president of the Artists House Foundation.

The magic of copyright is simple: you render an original work in a tangible form, that work is copyrighted. Under federal copyright statutes you have, at that moment in time, six exclusive rights that attach to that work that you own. (That’s assuming you haven’t already somehow managed to sign away your rights.) The words “original”, “work”, “tangible”, “author” have definitions, rules and exceptions, but it’s pretty simple really: if you made it up and you made it real by writing it down or typing it in or recording it, it’s copyrighted and it’s yours.

COREnered
Michael Barry
Jacqueline Rosokoff

In his new album, The Sun, The Moon, The Stars, The Sea, Michael Barry covers all the bases, and all from the recording studio in his home in Canada. Barry’s lyrics and sound are ethereal, floating from land to sky and day to night, as the album title hints. Read on to find out more about the talented artist’s new release, and why he is drawn toward creating a story easily accessible to all ears.

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TuneCore Staff Picks

Listen to this week's playlist of TuneCore artists including tracks from YouTube sensation and ukulele wunderkind Julia Nunes giving us a taste of her originals, electro-explorers Broken Spindles, the impeccable songwriting skills of Zach Williams, The Felice Brothers and their refreshing roots/Americana that can revitalize the most jaded city-folk, impossibly heavy riff masters Zoroaster, and Gold Motel who deliver a nice mix of rock/pop invoking their influences while staying fresh and fun. Not to mention tracks from more TuneCore artists such as, Search/Rescue, Dutton, Sweatshop Union and Me, and Everyone We Know You.

TC Artists
TuneCore Artists in the News

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• Greg Holden, Katie Costello, and Rosi Golan are playing in NYC [ rockwood ]
• Jake Troth video featured in Entertainment Weekly [ ew ]
• Florida punk noise legend Derek Lyn Plastic new releases and interview [ razorcake ]
• Lollapalooza was 250,000 strong. TuneCore users, including Social Distortion, rocked Chicago [ spin ]

Blog Roll
Latest Music News from Around the Web

• Why the Music Industry is NOT Dead [ mediapost ]
• Use foursquare to promote your band [ musicsupportedhere ]
• What Do Record Labels Do Now? Arcade Fire hits no. 1 on Billboard [ newyorker ]
• Iranians Protest Ayatollahs with Pink Floyd [ atlantic ]