Copyright Email

The song 'bongo bong' by Manu Chao requires permission to be used due to copyright issues. So below is a letter that I sent to acquire permission from Virgin Records to use this track strictly for educational purposes.



Dear Copyright Holder

I am an A Level student writing to ask for your permission to use Manu Chao's track 'Bongo Bong'.

With your permission, this track would be used in our current A-level Media Studies project, which involves creating a music video, as well as producing an album cover and a magazine advert for the artist. The artist featured in my video will not be using Manu Chao's name, as I will be creating a new marketing strategy for an up and coming artist.If I receive your permission, this track would ONLY be used in an educational context and will be viewed by my media class, my teacher and the OCR exam board moderator. It would NOT be used for any financial purposes or gain, nor the school or I intend to make any profit out of using your artist’s track.

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.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,

Samir Sarwari
Park High School, UK