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It is and isn't funny that Gena talks about "public
buildings" being "off limits". I wonder how many people remember a posting
a few weeks ago in which some poor vlogger/videographer talked about
corporations asking for huge fees for their corporate buildings to be used as
settings for filmed scenes.
I like Gena's spirit. What is legal is not
always either "right" or "ethical".
I particularly think she makes a really great point
when she says: "But I will not stop recording
because someone (that I have no control of) has music in the background. If is
not fair nor would it be a truthful representation of what I saw and
observed. We can lose a lot of history this way."
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, September 09, 2005 8:25
PM
Subject: [videoblogging] Damn RIAA (Re:
Is there any way to remove music alone from a vlog's soundtrack?)
People love and need music. It is right up there with air,
water, food
and the perfect dress.
If I don't record because of the
accidental music in the background I
miss out on many public activities and
encounters.
Next, I would be avoiding people in clothing, especially
t-shirts cuz
they have logos or copyrighted slogans. This would be followed
by not
shooting cars because of the particular paint job on the vehicle is
a
special color by the manufacturer.
Then there are "public"
buildings that are now off limits.
If we let this self-censorship
continue there will be nothing left but
recording naked bodies standing
absolutly still.
(Hold on, not a bad idea!)
These are the times
that we occupy. Yes, we do have to respect
copyrights and artists fair
compensation. I do not steal music or
anything else.
But I will not
stop recording because someone (that I have no control
of) has music in the
background. If is not fair nor would it be a
truthful representation of
what I saw and observed. We can lose a lot
of history this way.
Damn the RIAA and live in defiance!
Gena
http://outonthestoop.blogspot.com
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In [email protected], Randolfe Wicker
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> There have been numerous debates here
about personal legal and
financial vulnerability for using unlicensed music
intentionally or
accidentally in a vlog. These problems seem to be
almost endless in
their complexity. For instance, Steve Watkins
writes:
> "I use copyrighted music and then give my videoblog away
with
> > derivatives permitted, or even redistribution permitted,
the
license
> > wont stand up in court? Because I don't have the
rights too the
> > original work I used, I cant give those rights
away to anyone
else?"
>
> I can imagine how terrible it would
be to create a work
incorporating a vlog like the one described above only
to discover you
didn't have the "legal rights" you believed you had been
given to use
the material.
>
> If you read the frightening
details about how the lack of music
licenses can prevent the showing of
otherwise original video--say an
interview taped with unwanted but
identifiable music playing in the
background in a bar or even on a beach
with someone's radio playing
many feet away--you have to wonder why (or if)
someone has devised a
way to eliminate such unwanted background noise from
a soundtrack?
>
> If this is not possible at the moment, one has
to think that it
could be at least technologically possible. Wouldn't
that be a help
to everyone. I find myself almost crazed while
shooting footage in a
location and then realizing I probably won't be able
to use it because
some passer-by has a boom box booming.
>
>
>
> Randolfe (Randy) Wicker
>
> Videographer,
Writer, Activist
> Advisor: The Immortality Institute
> Hoboken,
NJ
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