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For people like them who also produce their own songs, it is a wonder they have no idea about #Copyright, #Licenses, and #Royalties.

This is the problem when you rely on your staff to do everything for you. Or, you simply don't give a da*n for whatever reason.

To Anne Curtis, there is a law called Copyright law. While yes playing the song on your show is a good promotion, the Copyright law states that you should have acquired a License to perform it publicly. It is also outside of the “fair use policy”―which we don't have in the Philippines, but we have something similar yet not exactly the same.

Yes, Anne Curtis, there is “such a thing” since the 1700s.

A friendly advise, Mrs. Anne Curtis-Smith, study Copyright because if your attitude is like that, you might accidentally do something that falls under #CopyrightInfringement. You probably will claim, “it's on the Internet so it's free to use” or “I used CTTO”.

Then the Rightsholder of whatever work you infringe upon brings you to court. Then you'll probably argue, “I've already taken it all down”, and surprise, none of those will save you from an infringement case, unless the Rightsholder accepts an out-of-court settlement.

No one is above the law. Most of us are just getting “lucky” no one sued us yet. But, one wrong move. Infringe on the Rights of the wrong person or entity…

Oh, one last thing, not because you don't hear about Copyright infringement cases does it mean it is not happening. Either no one is bothering to cover such cases (because it doesn't sell), or the defendants or the Rightsholder, are keeping the processing behind close doors. After all, a Copyright Infringement can be very damaging to one's reputation, and a Rightsholder only wants to get paid, not to shame the offender.

@youronlyone@c.im