[videoblogging] CC: Noncommerical and vlogs
This may be a dumb question...but... Can you use music that is labeled Creative Commons - Non-Commercial in Vlogs? Is the prospect of earning some form of revenue from ads or tip jars considered commercial meaning you can't use non-commercial music in your Vlog? Thanks...John
Re: [videoblogging] CC: Noncommerical and vlogs
Can you use music that is labeled Creative Commons - Non-Commercial in Vlogs? Is the prospect of earning some form of revenue from ads or tip jars considered commercial meaning you can't use non-commercial music in your Vlog? also, it's really helpful to contact the person who made the music. Not really to ask permission since the CC license makes usage clear...but just to make a relationship. dont we all love it when someone uses our work in ways we want? jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 **check out the new look: ryanishungry.com**
Re: [videoblogging] CC: Noncommerical and vlogs
Yes gina's answer is correct, in my opinion. This is why I've never put tip jars or ads on my site. Because, not only do I host clips from others under various CC licenses, but I have many fair use clips from TV/Movies that would clearly be kicked out of the fair use category if my blog were to have any commercial uses. (per the fair user four factors test) Jay's suggestion of contacting the creator is also a great way to get clearance from content creators who may not care if you have a tip jar/ads on your site. (Get an email from them saying it's ok.) However, doing so does complicate things, in that, at that point, you're back to using traditional copyright w/permission from the creator, rather than exercising the cc license. (Meaning that you can no longer display the non-commercial license as is w/the work when you display it on your commercial site without confusing the licensing issue, because doing so would make it look like tip jars/ads on vlogs are still non-commercial.) I don't have a good answer for this yet :-( thanks, lisa Can you use music that is labeled Creative Commons - Non-Commercial in Vlogs? Is the prospect of earning some form of revenue from ads or tip jars considered commercial meaning you can't use non-commercial music in your Vlog? also, it's really helpful to contact the person who made the music. Not really to ask permission since the CC license makes usage clear...but just to make a relationship. dont we all love it when someone uses our work in ways we want? jay -- http://jaydedman.com 917 371 6790 **check out the new look: ryanishungry.com** Lisa Rein http://onlisareinsradar.com http://www.lisarein.com
Re: [videoblogging] CC: Noncommerical and vlogs
fair use clips from TV/Movies that would clearly be kicked out of the fair use category if my blog were to have any commercial uses. (warning: not a lawyer, just someone who has done a lot of collage work over a couple of decades) It depends on the type of commercial use and more specifically the nature of the use. Plenty of fair use heavy projects generate some income, from Negativland to the collage work of film and video artists who get screening, exhibition and rental fees. But commercial or not, fair use or not, the lawyers who may come calling will just want your money and be backed by scary big resources. Transformative is a big part of the four factors, and the four factors are to be weighed in context. I'm not sure a tip jar moves a site into the commercial category. There's a difference between selling something and accepting a gift. Brook -- ___ Brook Hinton film/video/audio art www.brookhinton.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
