Post by EUIPO - European Union Intellectual Property Office

Improvisation is the soul of jazz. Copyright helps protect the music it creates. Jazz is built on spontaneity. Musicians explore melodies, rhythms and harmonies in real time, shaping music that may never be played exactly the same way again. 🔹In the EU, copyright arises automatically once an original musical work is created and reflects the author’s own intellectual creation. Even when music begins with improvisation, the creativity behind it can still be protected. When performances are recorded or shared online, copyright helps ensure that the music can be reproduced, distributed and communicated while recognising the creator’s rights. 🔹Music is also about identity. Artist names, venues and festivals can be protected as trade marks. Examples in the EU trade mark register include names such as Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Thelonious Monk and Herbie Hancock, iconic jazz venues like Ronnie Scott’s and Birdland, and even major jazz festivals. On #WorldJazzDay, intellectual property helps keep the music playing. Learn all about Copyright on the EUIPO Copyright Knoledge Center! https://lnkd.in/dVVAxi4y

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