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Location: Oconto Falls, WI | Does anybody know what the law is on using somebody else's music (artists like Led Zepplin, Alabama, Pearl Jam, etc...) in a musky video, slide show, etc...? What info needs to be included in the credits? Is there a difference in what you need to do depending on whether you intend to make money on the production, or if it is an informational piece that you will not recieve any monetary compensation for?
Any help will greatly be appreciated.
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Location: Rhinelander, WI | I did a little research on this a while back Travis. If you plan to sell the finished product, to be completely above board, royalties need to be paid. This is why you get a lot of generic music in outdoor videos. I never researched it enough to figure out who to contact about the royalties, but my guess it would be the production company, not necessarily the artist.
I know even municipalities that have outdoor ice rinks and parks have to pay yearly to be able to pump music out of the community speakers. It’s like $600 a year for the license.
Nail A Pig!
Mike
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Location: Athens, Ohio | check out:
ASCAP.com
BMI.com
They are the two organizations that license music use. m |
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| contact a local, unsigned rock band with good original music.
pay them $50 or $100.
put their name in the credits.
everybody wins. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | There are 'royalty free' tracks available, do a google search and you should find a good number of available tracks. |
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| Purchase Sony's (formerly sonicfoundry) ACID Pro software and make your own. Infinite possibilities with this stuff.
Or make friends with someone who has it and knows how to use it :o) |
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