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If you are interested in purchasing Royalty free music you can search it on the net, you will pay quite a bit of money for it but you won't have to worry about lawsuits later on.
Where do you find your music for vids
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for personal use only, but.......i've got DIGITAL CABLE. Up in the higher channels they have those 24 hour radio stations. One of those channels is a WORLD / NEW AGE music... i snag them on the TIVO and then extract the audio. some funky fun stuff up there!
Back to the original question... I have a set of old CD's of old orchestral performances of classical music - no copyrights; all the authors and most of the performers are dead. I like to use that stuff.aHeavyD:
With a little timing it can work quite well.
Rick
If these are CDs, it doesn't matter if everyone is dead, they are still under copyright, and you must pay royalties for public use.Rick Murchison:Back to the original question... I have a set of old CD's of old orchestral performances of classical music - no copyrights; all the authors and most of the performers are dead. I like to use that stuff.
With a little timing it can work quite well.
Rick
We pay hundreds of dollars per year (some years, thousands) for royalties here where I work. My wife spends time every week tracking and paying out royalties. It's usually very inexpensive, and the effort involves is more costly than the money. We pay annual fees to a couple of places to handle some blanket copyright issues.
CDs are not old enough to have anything that is public domain. Someone owns the rights to every CD.
However, after listening to your bubbles mix, Rick, this might be considered parity and fall under the Fair Use Act.
FYIW, here is some info on the Fair Use Act. I copied it from the internet, so it may be a copyright violation.
One of the rights accorded to the owner of copyright is the right to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords. This right is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the copyright act (title 17, U.S. Code). One of the more important limitations is the doctrine of fair use. Although fair use was not mentioned in the previous copyright law, the doctrine has developed through a substantial number of court decisions over the years. This doctrine has been codified in section 107 of the copyright law.
Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 also sets out four factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair:
the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
the nature of the copyrighted work;
amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The distinction between fair use and infringement may be unclear and not easily defined. There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission. Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission.
The 1961 Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law cites examples of activities that courts have regarded as fair use: quotation of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the authors observations; use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied; summary of an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report; reproduction by a library of a portion of a work to replace part of a damaged copy; reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson; reproduction of a work in legislative or judicial proceedings or reports; incidental and fortuitous reproduction, in a newsreel or broadcast, of a work located in the scene of an event being reported.
Copyright protects the particular way an author has expressed himself; it does not extend to any ideas, systems, or factual information conveyed in the work.
The safest course is always to get permission from the copyright owner before using copyrighted material. The Copyright Office cannot give this permission.
When it is impracticable to obtain permission, use of copyrighted material should be avoided unless the doctrine of fair use would clearly apply to the situation. The Copyright Office can neither determine if a certain use may be considered fair nor advise on possible copyright violations. If there is any doubt, it is advisable to consult an attorney.
One of the rights accorded to the owner of copyright is the right to reproduce or to authorize others to reproduce the work in copies or phonorecords. This right is subject to certain limitations found in sections 107 through 118 of the copyright act (title 17, U.S. Code). One of the more important limitations is the doctrine of fair use. Although fair use was not mentioned in the previous copyright law, the doctrine has developed through a substantial number of court decisions over the years. This doctrine has been codified in section 107 of the copyright law.
Section 107 contains a list of the various purposes for which the reproduction of a particular work may be considered fair, such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Section 107 also sets out four factors to be considered in determining whether or not a particular use is fair:
the purpose and character of the use, including whether such use is of commercial nature or is for nonprofit educational purposes;
the nature of the copyrighted work;
amount and substantiality of the portion used in relation to the copyrighted work as a whole; and
the effect of the use upon the potential market for or value of the copyrighted work.
The distinction between fair use and infringement may be unclear and not easily defined. There is no specific number of words, lines, or notes that may safely be taken without permission. Acknowledging the source of the copyrighted material does not substitute for obtaining permission.
The 1961 Report of the Register of Copyrights on the General Revision of the U.S. Copyright Law cites examples of activities that courts have regarded as fair use: quotation of excerpts in a review or criticism for purposes of illustration or comment; quotation of short passages in a scholarly or technical work, for illustration or clarification of the authors observations; use in a parody of some of the content of the work parodied; summary of an address or article, with brief quotations, in a news report; reproduction by a library of a portion of a work to replace part of a damaged copy; reproduction by a teacher or student of a small part of a work to illustrate a lesson; reproduction of a work in legislative or judicial proceedings or reports; incidental and fortuitous reproduction, in a newsreel or broadcast, of a work located in the scene of an event being reported.
Copyright protects the particular way an author has expressed himself; it does not extend to any ideas, systems, or factual information conveyed in the work.
The safest course is always to get permission from the copyright owner before using copyrighted material. The Copyright Office cannot give this permission.
When it is impracticable to obtain permission, use of copyrighted material should be avoided unless the doctrine of fair use would clearly apply to the situation. The Copyright Office can neither determine if a certain use may be considered fair nor advise on possible copyright violations. If there is any doubt, it is advisable to consult an attorney.
I wouldn't worry too much about this particular set... they're one of those promotional collections on 67 or so CDs - bought in '88 in a closeout deal - the titles on the CDs don't even match the music - good on ye if you could even tell which orchestra performed Bach - or what yearRick Inman:If these are CDs, it doesn't matter if everyone is dead, they are still under copyright, and you must pay royalties for public use.
We pay hundreds of dollars per year (some years, thousands) for royalties here where I work. My wife spends time every week tracking and paying out royalties. It's usually very inexpensive, and the effort involves is more costly than the money. We pay annual fees to a couple of places to handle some blanket copyright issues.
CDs are not old enough to have anything that is public domain. Someone owns the rights to every CD.
However, after listening to your bubbles mix, Rick, this might be considered parity and fall under the Fair Use Act.
Rick
Then can I have a copy??Rick Murchison:I wouldn't worry too much about this particular set... they're one of those promotional collections on 67 or so CDs - bought in '88 in a closeout deal - the titles on the CDs don't even match the music - good on ye if you could even tell which orchestra performed Bach - or what year
Rick
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Thanks everybody for your suggestions.
what ever I use will be for personal use only.
what ever I use will be for personal use only.
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