immune from their terms because his stuff isnt for profit, his
complacency. I just wanted to clarify that stuff because he sounded
far too hopeful that he is exempt, compared to your experience.
Anyway thanks very much for sharing what happened with the group, its
helpful because you clearly arent the only one who assumed its free. I
havent used the service myself, I just checked out their terms &
conditions to see how clear this issue was. It looks like its mostly
the 'free' bit in their name which is the most confusing thing, the
license is pretty clear, maybe they should be called cheapplay or
something ;)
I guess there are various factors which make it a bit confusing for
the masses of humans in this digital era, its not so obvious when
things have to be paid for. Things are pretty simple with physical
goods, they have a price and you buy them, or if you steal them then
you know youve stolen them. Not so with services, licenses, digital
stuff.
And in particular its kind of a new world for content licensing - the
customers/users of these licenses in the past were in some capacity
doing it as their profession, in a commercial world where its safe to
expect that everything has a price and the legal department can pour
over contract smallprint issues.
Now things are changing, if we are the media then who are our lawyers
lol? Creative Commons helps, but its just one piece of the jigsaw, and
many of the nastiest bumps on the videoblogging road ahead are likely
to be caused by the legal/financial realities that the existing old
world may impose on us, when many of us might not be the sorts of
people to spend forever searching for the relevant rules.
Were sort of lucky at the moment, in that if the world decided to
throw every law and license term that exists at every videoblog and
videoblogger that exists, lots of people could be screwed.
Cheers
Steve of Elbows
--- In [email protected], "Erin Nealey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Steve - Yeah, as said before, it was my neglect of checking things out
> completely before using their music. I never denied that. One reason I
> feel funny about others helping me out with the bill! I just "assumed"
> several things... and went to their site based on recommendations from
> other websites for "free" music. I just wanted to post a warning
> because I've seen others of you use it, and wondered, do any of you
> really pay $25/song/year? I guess I thought maybe I was
> misunderstanding the terms because I can't see anyone paying that who
> is just using it for fun. Anyway, if any of you were ignorant like me,
> now you know! :) Thanks Steve.
>
> Erin Nealey
> Mom's Brag Vlog
> nealey.blogspot.com
>
>
> --- In [email protected], "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> > Your complacency seems misplaced to me.
> >
> > Freeplay site clearly includes the following under uses that must be
> > paid for:
> >
> > 1. Local, regional, or any non-ASCAP/BMI licensed broadcast
> television use
> > 2. Local, regional, or any non-licensed cable television use
> > 3. Television use premiering outside the US
> > 4. All Radio Use
> > 5. Direct-to-video, DVD, CD, CDR DVDR or other including replication,
> > distribution, promotional, or sale.
> > 6. Non-Broadcast Multi Media Use (Live events, Power Point
> > presentations, trade shows/conventions, etc.)
> > 7. Commercial Web Site Use (to promote a business, product or service)
> > 8. Personal Website Use (Non-Commercial)
> > 9. Books, Magazines, Games, Electronic and Toy Use
> > 10. Shareware / Freeware
> > 11. Greeting Cards / Internet Email
> > 12. Podcasting /Blog Use
> > 13. Ring Tones
> > 14. Religious Use (most)
> > 15. Non-Profit (most)
> > 16. Film Festivals / Competitions
> >
> > Then Freeplay Music requires a signed license agreement and a license
> > fee payment as described in the Freeplay Music Rate Card.
> >
> > Then on the fees page it says:
> >
> > Podcasting and Blogs
> > $25.00 per Freeplay Music title for 12 months.
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > Steve of Elbows
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