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Legislation¶
(part of WP1_1_Research_Of_Available_Resources)
Copyright¶
Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
Fair dealing / fair use
Use in education
Lots of fact sheets at The UK Copyright Service
Includes the Top 10 Copyright Myths
Pay The Piper has a post explaining music copyright
If you compose a completely original piece of music then it is your own property - you own the copyright, in other words.
Arranging existing music is fraught with difficulties. To put it very simply (and this is indeed a gross simplification) until the composer has been dead for seventy years his music is copyright and you may not make a written arrangement of it without permission.
Data Protection¶
Freedom Of Information¶
Freedom Of Information Act 2000