Letter of Copyright

Once we had decided on the song. we had to send of a letter asking the copyright holders permissions to use the song. The theory being that if they reply saying yes, or if they simply don't reply then we may use it. However if they reject, then we can't. well it has been left long enough and as we still do not have a reply we are assuming that we will never receive reply. Ideally we would push for a reply, and wait again, but we do not have the time in the project duration to wait. So, with this in mind we are going ahead with the filming. A copy of the letter is as follows:

Dear Copyright Holder,

I am an A level student and I am writing to request your permission to use one track from the latest album by AFI entitled "Crash Love".

The Track I wish to use is "End Transmission" track number 3 on the album.

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

If I received your permission, this track would ONLY be used in an educational context and be viewed by my media class, My teacher and the OCR exam board moderator. This track would NOT be released to a large audience or uploaded to any public video websites.

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 reords of the project. If this is required, please send full details.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Regards