Writing to the institution

Today we sent off a letter to the institution that manages The Kooks. They are managed by Virgin Records which is a subsidiary of Universal Music. As a contact was not available for Virgin Records specifically, we contacted Universal Music and asked them to forward on the email to whomever was concerned.

Here is a copy of the letter:

To Universal Music

We are a group of A Level students working on an A Level project for a qualification in Media Studies. We are writing to request permission to use the following track as part of this project:

Naïve - The Kooks

With your permission the track would be used as the accompaniment to a short form video that is made purely for assessment purposes and will have no commercial usage. The video will be viewed only by members of the school community and the assessor of the examination board.

The artist and the copyright holder will of course be fully recognised in the pre-production and evaluation material that accompanies the project. We can also include a full copyright notice if required both in the planning material and on the video itself.

If possible, could this be forwarded to whomever it may concern if this is not your area of expertise.

Yours sincerely


Olivia Hawthorne, Charlie Feeney, Mariella Bailey and Sophia Stanway
Hurtwood House School