LO5 - Copyright, PRS, legal and ethical issues

A major issue with this genre of music is the explicit lyrics which can in some ways promote the use of drugs and alcohol so to avoid this I will keep my vocal clean from this kind of promotion. Another legal issue found with house tracks is copyright towards sampling vocals. It is quite common in this new era of house to take a classical vocal and put it to a new style beat, which is perfectly fine if you get permission from either the original recording artist or record label. However for this project I do not have this luxury so I shall record my own vocals which cannot be pulled up for copy right. Copyright will be the main issue within this project as I will be using sounds from sample packs such as effects and drum sounds, but I will not have any problems in my case as I have paid for these in which they come with a royalty free licence. Another consideration for my track is not not cause offence to any specific person or group and to not promote crime or abuse in any way. With this product being all my own work I do not need to worry about a PRS licence however I will have to consider becoming a member with PRS so that when my track is played in clubs and on the radio I don't miss out on royalties. In terms of the ofcom regulations, I am fully aware of their broadcasting rules and I will not breach them in any way.