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| January 25, 2007 | Foster, Karl | COPYRIGHT 2007 Incisive Media, published with the permission of Incisive Media. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: Karl Foster

Copyright matters

If the material you've recorded is your own creation, you own the copyright as soon as it's committed to disk. The problems come when incorporating the work of others into your production. A slideshow created for personal enjoyment with, say, a backing track from a favourite album shouldn't be a worry because you can make a copy for personal use. But if you distribute that slideshow, whether for financial gain or not, you could fall foul of copyright law, if the copyright holder notices what you're doing.

Using rights-free material from a library music vendor is OK if you've paid for it, but licensed content from production libraries will attract a fee, based on how many copies you make.

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