Legal Question in Entertainment Law in United Kingdom
Music Copyright
A friend of mine is Country and Western music star. He is known for travelling everywhere with his acoustic guitar and often composes impromptu musical tributes to his geographical locations around the world. Whilst on tour in the UK he �performs� �A Ballad to Heathrow� a completely original song with original lyrics in the passenger lounge of Heathrow Airport.
'Person 2' a country and western fan records the whole song on his mp3 player/recorder while watching the performance at the airport.
'Person 2' lends the music file to his friend 'Person 1', who is also a country and Western enthusiast, and a big fan of my friend. 'Person 1' copies the file for his own use and places a copy on his fansite for my friend on the world wide web, which to his surprise after 2 days there have been 10000 downloads of the song.
A week later while searching the internet my friends manager in the USA discovers the previously unknown song and he informs my friend who is outraged by the discovery as his permission had not been sought for the recording of the original song at Heathrow or worse still the distribution of it on the internet.
Can you advise as to any remedies that may be available to him
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Music Copyright
Please refer to my answer to Question 839830550. Either there are a lot of stupid Country and Western stars called Hank or lots of people stuck on the same exam essay question. If it is they latter we suggest you pull Copinger of the shelves in the Library wherein lies the answer to everything.
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