Patents are used to protect inventors and the rights to their creations. Patents are issued by a government of a specific country or region, in exchange for information on the invention. The inventor is given exclusive rights to manufacture their product. These rights last for 20 years.
Trademarks are artifacts which a company uses to make itself known to its customers. A trademark can be an image, a smell, a sound, a character or a catchphrase. These can be registered for protection, but it's not necessary. Trademarks last until they're not in use anymore.
Copyrights are used to protect artistic works such as literature, music and artwork. Copyrights do not need to be registered and they last until 70 years after the creators death.
Colin asked us to choose a song which contained audio that was sampled from another artist, and judge whether or not this was a breach of copyright. The song I have chosen is "Pump It" by The Black Eyed Peas.
The main tune to this song is taken from the instantly recognizable "Misirlou" by Dick Dale, which is the iconic opening track from Pulp Fiction.
In my opinion, The Black Eyed Peas are breaching copyright with excessive sampling. Their song is entirely based off the main riff of "Misirlou" and would be nothing without it. Therefore, they should have to pay royalties or some other compensation to Dick Dale.
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