Research ~ Copyright Letter

Screenshot of the Contact Us page of Brushfire Records' website. 

We looked up the copyright holder of the album In Between Dreams by Jack Johnson in which the song which we are using (Better Together)  was on. Using their 'Contact Us' page, we asked them for permission to use the song for our coursework. 

"Dear Copyright Holder,

We are A-Level students and we are writing to request your permission to use a track by Jack Johnson. The track we wish to use is “Better Together”.

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

If we receive your permission, this track would ONLY be used in an educational context and be viewed by our media class, our teacher and OCR exam board moderator. It would not be released to a large audience.

The artist and your company would of course be fully recognised 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. We are more than happy to send you a copy of our final project so you can see what we have done.

We look forward to hearing from you,

Regards,

Holli McGann, Antonia Moss, Rhianon Morris and Simeron Rana

Edgbarrow Sixth Form"