Copyright protects intellectual property. Any literary, dramatic, artistic, musical, sound recording, film, broadcast or typographical arrangement can be protected by copyright. This gives the creator of the copyright the exclusive right to use it and the power to lease it to others. Ignorance is no defence, and everything not created by yourself should be considered copyright protected. Even Creative Commons material require you to give attribution.
However fair dealing allows journalists to use small portions of copyright work without asking permission on the condition that it is in the public interest (or in other words, relevant to your piece: a review of a movie can feature music from the film, but the music shouldn't be used at will in something not relevant. Up to 30 seconds of fair dealing can be used in a package.
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