Copyright Letter

As web definition from wikipedia copyright is a set of exclusive rights granted by the law of a jurisdiction to the author or creator of an original work, including the right to copy, distribute and adapt the work. As a result of this in order to be legally allowed to use the killers track for our music video we will need to obtain permission from the record label. The track "Shadow Play" is the second song from the album "sawdust" which was produced by Island Records. In order to gain permission we have written an email to Island Records requesting their permission. (see below)

As a group we constructed a letter which Aisha sent on behalf of the group.Below is a copy of what was written in this letter.

Dear Copyright Holder,

I am an A level student and I am writing to request your permission to use one track by the artist; The Killers, entitled ‘Shadow play’ (Joy Division cover). The track 'Shadow Play' is the second track in The Killers' album; 'Sawdust'

With your permission, this track would be used in my current A-level Media Studies project, which involves creating a music video for a popular music track, as well as producing an album and a magazine advert for the artist.

If I received your permission, this track would ONLY be used in an educational context and be viewed by my media class, my teacher and the OCR exam board moderator. It would NOT be released to a large audience or uploaded to any public video websites.

The artist and your company would of course be fully recognized throughout pre-production and the final video itself. A copyright notice, with wording supplied by you can be included in the records of the project. If this is required, please send full details.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards,

Aisha Adedeji