So you’ve reduced your work to tangible format and Officially dated it and by law (South African Copyright Law….which should apply everywhere cause copyright is copyright) the work and all its rights belong to you as the author. Although you have now copy written your work it probably still doesn’t feel right…I mean, how do you keep track of who is using your material and ensure that you get royalties accordingly. There are two ways to get this done.
1) You do it your self. This means that whenever your track is used by someone other than you, you make the effort to contact them to claim any money you entitled to and to ensure you have been credited accordingly.
2) An administrative deed of assignment. This means that you register your work to a Company that manages your material in terms of making sure you are credited and paid for every use of your material. They take on the responsibilities you’d have to under go yourself….AT A FEE OF COURSE. A relatively small fee though. They do a better job that you could probably do by yourself trying to head hunt everyone who was due to credit and pay you for usage of work.
Oh yeah there is a third way too….as unpractical as it may be to some of us.
3) A SHYLOCK!! If you have the money and know a SHYLOCK who has a clear understanding of entertainment law you could hire them to ensure you receive everything you are entitled to. Probably give them a handy cam to take some footage of certain stubborn offenders…
“that~boy” © (in case any of you wanna thug my very AYOBAARRRR name…niggas!!)
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