Are Music And Art Copyrighted

Copyright also applies to the sale or commercial distribution of a piece of literary work, musical composition, dramatic or other forms of artistic work.

Copyright infringement is most frequently seen in the field of music and art when someone, other than the original creator of that piece of music or art, makes a copy of the same piece and resells it. When a new work is created utilizing any existing copyrighted work by modification or alteration in the mode of expression, then such a form of "derivative work" is also classified under copyright infringement. For instance, when the script of a movie or a play is derived from a copyrighted novel, then this form of a remade play or movie violates the copyright laws and is considered as a copyright infringement.

If a person tries to copy a piece of art or music, make more copies of it and tries to sell and distribute these copies (as is usually done in the case of piracy of movies) then it is considered illegal and the offence amounts to copyright infringement. Similarly, displaying a piece of art or performing on a musical composition in public for commercial purposes without obtaining the permissions of the original artist is considered to violate the provisions of the copyright act.

However, with the emergence of techno music, and the numerous forms of remixes produced by the radio DJs all over the globe, the relevance of copyright in the field of music is greatly debated.