Reborn Star Road

Chapter 8 Copyright Issues
Chapter 10 Copyright Issues

"Is this really a song written by Haohao? Apart from liking music, I have never seen him write a song. Jianming, what do you think is going on?" Huang Shufen, Sun Hao's mother, saw her son suddenly appear on TV. After such a passage, I asked my husband suspiciously.

"You man, can't children write some songs? Do I have to ask you to write songs? Even if I tell you, you can't understand. We are not from the same age as them. What are the children thinking? We can't figure it out, but I support Haohao, not to mention that our family Haohao sings really well." Sun Jianming fully supported Sun Hao this time, seeing his son has the courage to expose the ugliness of others, Sun Jianming was still very happy.

"Okay, okay, why don't I stop asking? As expected of a teacher, there are a lot of theories when I come up, let's see what's going on." Mother Huang Shufen looked at the audience on TV and began to discuss , Said to Sun Jianming.

At this time, Wang Xin ran onto the stage and said to Sun Hao angrily: "Why do you say that you wrote this? I sang this song first. You stole my song and said that I plagiarized it on the other hand." your?"

Sun Hao didn't want to make this matter a big deal, but just wanted to disqualify Wang Xin from the competition.Unexpectedly, Wang Xin was so ignorant that he ran to the stage to confront each other, so Sun Hao asked Wang Xin in a mocking tone: "Oh? Are you sure you wrote the song yourself?"

"Of course I wrote it. Why do you say I didn't write it?" Wang Xin looked at Principal Zhang under the stands, because the only ones who heard this song at that time were Principal Zhang besides Sun Hao and Ni Ying , but saw that Principal Zhang was smiling and looking at the scene on stage, and he was not dissatisfied. Wang Xin also seemed to understand something suddenly, so he turned his head and continued to argue with Sun Hao.

"Yes, student Sun Hao, just because you can sing this song does not mean that you created this song. After all, it was student Wang Xin who sang it first. Without strong evidence, student Wang Xin cannot be disqualified from the competition. "At this time, the judges also spoke.

"Okay then..." Sun Hao turned his head to signal the judges, and said, "Then Wang Xin, let me ask you, since you said you composed this song yourself, what mode did you use to compose it?"

Wang Xin thought for a while and said, "I used the main melody in the key of D to compose it."

"It seems that you still have a little foundation in music theory, not bad." Sun Hao looked at the judges with a smile, and asked, "Then when did you compose this song?"

"Two days ago, what happened?" Wang Xin looked at Sun Hao's teasing eyes and felt a little wrong.But he still spoke confidently.

"Are you really sure you wrote it? It's too late to regret it now. If you don't, you'll be ashamed soon." Sun Hao wanted to give Wang Xin one last chance.

"It's...it's my original creation. So what? Is there anything you can do?" Wang Xin, who was a little guilty, suddenly thought that he was older than Sun Hao, and he had nothing to be afraid of facing a child in the first grade of junior high school. .

"Alright then." Sun Hao said to the audience: "Brother Feng, come up."

When everyone was wondering, a young man came up from the audience, it was Song Chunfeng.Song Chunfeng walked onto the stage and greeted Sun Hao first, then took out a document bag from his arms and handed it to Sun Hao.Turn around and walk off the stage.

"What I hold in my hand is the copyright of the song "Cold to the End". Do you still have to quibble now?" Sun Hao raised the file bag in his hand.

"You...you said that copyright is copyright?" Wang Xin knew that he had lost, but he was still a little bit unwilling.

"Then let the professional judges take a look." Sun Hao handed the file bag to the judges in the audience.

In fact, Sun Hao has long thought that others might steal his songs, because Sun Hao, who came from later generations, understands the importance of copyright.So when Song Chunfeng agreed to help Sun Hao, Sun Hao told him to register the copyright of all Sun Hao's songs.Just when Wang Xin was stealing Sun Hao's song on stage, Sun Hao had already used the phone in the dressing room to call Song Chunfeng to come over.Hence the above scene.

Copyrights are important because they determine who actually owns the song and recording of the song, and who earns royalties.

When a songwriter writes a song, the song is automatically copyrighted once it takes shape (such as a record, or printed sheet music).However, in order to sue for copyright infringement, the song should be registered with the Copyright Office at the Library of Congress.In any case, song registration should be done before release to the public domain (listenable on website, etc.).

If a person ever writes a song at work (perhaps you work for an advertising agency and write a song for a commercial), then the song is not owned by the person - it is owned by the company, Because this person writes songs as part of the job.Likewise, if the person has ever been commissioned to write a work, it is part of a collective effort.However, in this case, the agreement signed by the person will specifically state that it is "work for hire."

As the copyright owner, Sun Hao has the right to reproduce the copyrighted song, create copies or variations of the song, and publicly distribute, perform and display.If Sun Hao sang and recorded the song himself, Sun Hao also holds the recording copyright, which is completely different from others.And has the right to broadcast or "perform" in public by means of digital audio transmission.

By granting someone a license, he is allowed to use Sun Hao's songs.However, after the song is recorded and distributed publicly, the compulsory license will be exempted, and anyone who wants to dabble in the song does not need Sun Hao's special permission.However, they are required by law to pay Sun Hao the statutory royalty rate, but also to notify you that they are going to release the song, and to send Sun Hao monthly royalty statements.They may not make any changes to the lyrics or melody, or change the "essential character of the song" without the copyright owner's consent.If the song is altered, it is considered a "derivative work".Record labels rarely use compulsory licensing because they don't want to provide monthly royalty statements.They contact the copyright owner and get a direct license so they can negotiate the terms more freely.

The reason why Sun Hao attaches great importance to copyright is that Sun Hao knows that many people who have not registered copyright will end up miserable in the future.

Country music legend Merle Haggard has 37 singles in the top ten country music charts (including 23 number one songs).But he never received a record royalty check because the copyright was not registered.That didn't end until he released an album through Epitaph, a small punk rock label.

"Through the verification of the three of us, the copyright statement provided by Sun Hao is true and valid. Therefore, we announce that Wang Xin will be disqualified from the competition." After 10 minutes, the representative of the judges announced the result.

"Just wait, Sun Hao, this matter will not be left alone." When he learned of the result, Wang Xin said to Sun Hao fiercely, then turned and walked out of the stage.

After Wang Xin left the stage, the live game continued.The players after Ni Ying are all at the same level, neither too conspicuous nor too bad in singing, and their average scores are all between 25 and 27 points.

Since Sun Hao sang the song "Cold to the End" when he exposed Wang Xin, the judges asked Sun Hao to sing this song again during the competition.

Sure enough, Sun Hao lived up to expectations. When he sang again, he was superior to Wang Xin in terms of guitar interpretation and song singing, and through the control of his voice, Sun Hao sang this song more perfectly. First song.So when Sun Hao finished singing, he got a full score of 1 points, so he won No.[-] without a doubt.

In front of the TV, Sun Hao's mother, Huang Shufen, was also very happy. Her son won No.1 in the competition for the first time, and it was live on TV. He would be very proud when he returned to work, so he immediately asked Sun Jianming next to him. Showing off: "See, our son won the championship. This is the result of my support for him to study music. If it weren't for me, you would definitely not agree to his son participating in the competition."

"Okay, okay, can't I be wrong? You are a wise and decisive parent. From now on, I will leave the education of my son to you." Seeing his wife so excited, Sun Jianming curled his lips, helplessly Said.

In the car on the way back from the Cultural Palace, Principal Zhang kept praising Sun Hao and Ni Ying. Neither of them spoke, they just held each other's hands.Silently understand each other's mind.After experiencing a war without gunpowder today, the two found that their relationship with each other has grown further.Ni Ying found that she seemed to be more dependent on this cute and handsome boy beside her.

The car stopped downstairs. After Sun Hao and Ni Ying said goodbye to Principal Zhang Chang, they walked into the stairwell together.He stopped at the door of Ni Ying's house.

"Thank you for worrying about me so much today and making me feel that you are really a good girl. Don't think about what happened today, the past is over." Touching Ni Ying's soft hair, Sun Hao said to her gently Said.

"Forget it, don't talk about it, everything is over, I'm just worried that Wang Xin won't just let it go so easily, I saw the viciousness in his eyes." Ni Ying said worriedly.

"Don't worry about him, your singing today is beautiful, don't think too much. Take a good rest, you must be very tired after this game. I'm going upstairs too." Sun Hao opened it for Ni Ying He opened the door and said softly.

"Okay then, you should go to bed early too, bye." Turning around, Ni Ying walked into the living room.

"Goodbye." Sun Hao said softly.

Sun Hao returned home and found a lot of dishes on the table in the living room, steaming hot, and the aroma was very attractive.I saw my mother, Huang Shufen, still busy in the kitchen, while my father, Sun Jianming, was sitting on the sofa and reading the newspaper as usual.

"Mom, are you going to have guests today? How did you cook so many dishes?" Sun Hao asked his mother who was busy in the kitchen.

"Oh, Haohao is back. No one came today. Come and wash your hands. Today, my mother made you a lot of delicious food. There are cola chicken wings that you like, and slippery prawns." Mother Huang Shufen saw The son came back and hurriedly told Sun Hao to wash his hands.

"Mom is really different today. Could it be that the second spring has appeared?" Sun Hao sighed after seeing the delicious food on the big table.

"Brat, why are you talking to your mother? Isn't your mother happy to see you get the first place in today's competition?" Father Sun Jianming walked over from the living room, patted Sun Hao on the head, and taught him a lesson.

And when the three of them started to eat dinner, mother Huang Shufen asked Sun Hao: "Haohao, I watched your game with your father today. Did you really write that song yourself?"

Hearing his mother's question, Sun Hao almost spit out the mouthful of food he just ate, and said, "Mom, that's called "Cold to the End". I was teaching guitar with my family some time ago, and I learned some accompaniments of songs. I made the song. It was really written by me, didn’t you see that I still hold the copyright on TV?”

"I just said it was written by my son, and you still have doubts about this and that." Father Sun Jianming stood beside Sun Hao and said, "My son is definitely like me. He has been so talented since he was a child."

Huang Shufen heard her husband's words, and said with a smile: "Look at your father and son singing together, let's not discuss this, Haohao, the girl who performed with you today is your Aunt Li's child? I know he is with you We are in the same class, but how do you hold hands and go on stage together?"

"This... I saw that she was afraid to go on stage, so I dragged her up." Sun Hao didn't want his parents to know that he had a girlfriend so early, so he replied in a concealed manner.

"Is it like this? I don't think it looks like it. Haohao, how old are you this year? Don't fall in love with a female classmate so early. You are still too young. The main task now is to study. It is so early to fall in love. There is no result." Mother Huang Shufen persuaded.

"Got it mom. Mom, I'm full. I'm going to do my homework." Sun Hao entered his room as if fleeing.

"This child." The mother sighed.

Sun Hao, who returned to the room, began to recall what he had experienced since his rebirth.He entered junior high school like later generations, but he did not go through the three years of junior high school in obscurity like later generations, but participated in two performances from the beginning.The treatment of Ni Ying has also changed a lot from later generations.

Sun Hao has heard of the butterfly effect, that is, if a butterfly flaps its wings in the North Pole, a storm may occur in the South Pole.Sun Hao is like this now, the reborn Sun Hao is very different from the later generations, so will the whole world change because of Sun Hao's change?

If such a thing really happens, it will be difficult to predict what will happen in the future. Take singing as an example, it is likely that Sun Hao, a "butterfly", will bring changes to the entire Chinese music scene, and even world pop music. .The afterlife Sun Hao experiences will also change.In that case, it would be impossible for Sun Hao to predict future generations, and take the classic songs of future generations into the present as his own.Maybe this small change should make many singers write songs earlier.In that case, it would be impossible for Sun Hao to use the time of later generations to reason about the current pop music scene.

Sun Hao was very troubled, maybe he was thinking too much, at least the current pop music scene has not changed at all.

While tossing and turning, Sun Hao slowly fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)