Getting Music

[pauldrystonewall]

i may be wrong, things may have changed...but i would definitely say that is an urban myth.

it is generally not allowed to maker any copy...for whatever reason....most CDs wil have an "no unauthorised duplication....." disclaimer.

but i may be wrong.

[pauldrystonewall]

i did a bit of research and found this on a copyright site.

# Acts restricted by copyright
It is an offence to perform any of the following acts without the consent of the copyright owner: copy the work, rent, lend or issue copies of the work to the public, perform, broadcast or show the work in public, adapt the work.
The author of a work or director of a copyright film may also have certain moral rights; the right to be identified as the author, right to object to derogatory treatment.

here is the link where i found it.

http://www.copyrightservice.co.uk

so many people these days seem to think this "one copy" thing is true...but as far as i can tell, it really is just a myth.

i am not saying what is wrong or right, just trying to clear up what is legal....to my mind anybody making films to hopefully broadcast/distribute needs to know what the deal is.

i think people should stop perpetuating this stuff....especially speaking as a musician!! [img]wink.gif[/img]

[titaniumdoughnut]

i think it is allowed to back it up....

whatever the law i see NOTHING wrong with making as many copies as you want as long as you don't give or sell them to ANYONE! i mean, look how many people use ipods, burn mixes, and take a copy of their cd with them to keep the origional safe!

[wahiba]

Are you making a movie of the music, or a movie that needs some noise in the background.

I have three CDs of copyright free music and can find something to fit all my little efforts whether on film, video or off the digital camera.

No that I make any money, but it clears my concience posting them on the web, and for a tone deaf musical philistine like myself they are ideal.

Make movies, not music.

[titaniumdoughnut]

yeah, unfortunitly there seems to be a little bit of difrence between what should be allowed and what is legal!

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[wahiba]

That is the trouble with democracy.

People have rights, such as protecting what they have created.

If you do not like it then organise change. That too is something one can do in a democracy.

Remember - nothing is free.

[wahiba]

Only if they do so without permission and fail to pay royalties.

There are organisations in most countries to check on this sort of thing.

I believe the most pirated song is 'Happy birthday' Radio and TV stations always pay royalties on it when it is performed, similarly for films. But I suspect it is also performed in many 'public places' such as restaurants where royalties are not paid.

Beleive it or not, but churches are some of the biggest non paying royalty people. Many modern hymns actually have a living author, who should receive a royalty everytime it is performed in public. Of course, if it is in a hymn book then the rights for public singing go with that. But there are services where a hymn sheet is handed out. Evidently it is quite surprising how often copyright is breached in these cases.

All this might seem a bit perdantic. But not all composers are in the Paul McCartney league, and every penny from their work counts.

It is always amazing on this forum all the film makers who want to rip off music, but would be the first to shout if their film was ripped off.

[titaniumdoughnut]

wow, thats some interesting stuff there eightmm! churchs ripping off music, people paying for happy birthday! i'd never have guessed!

[Micaso]

So...then DJ's are illegal? "Showing" music to the public...?

[untamed_aggression]

Yeah... on the Clerks animated series, Kevin Smith comments that they had to have characters sing "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow" 'cos they couldn't afford happy birthday. [img]confused.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/present.gif[/img]