there is no conclusive answer to this question, which is great news for lawyers for one thing, this can cut across and into international laws for another, just try to define words like "legal", "use", "videos" and "mainstream" in this context. i think you will find that difficult.
some artists have control, but many do not some "mainstream" companies are open to this, some are not I know of a rather small company that recent obtained the rights to 1000's of mainstream releases for use in podcasts. No cost. Why? Because they hope to sell the songs to people who listen to the podcasts. Imagine that. A ray of hope. Does that mean you can use those songs too? Not necessarily (probably not). So maybe a thin ray of hope. Ryanne recently shared these sources: examples of use of cc licensed music! http://stevegarfield.blogs.com/videoblog/2005/07/path.html http://www.noservicecharge.com/videoblog/2005/08/obvious.html pod safe music network http://music.podshow.com/ Trying to identify companies that allow use of music can be challenging. Be aware of Erin's hard won experiences with Freeplay: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/message/18579 markus Khoo, Joan wrote: >Hi Guys, > >I was hoping you could help me conclusively answer if it is legal to use >mainstream music in videos. > >And if it depends on the artist/producers/company then how do we >identify the companies that allow us to use their music in their videos? > >Joan > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > >. > > > -- My name is Markus Sandy and I am app.etitio.us http://apperceptions.org http://digitaldojo.blogspot.com http://spinflow.org http://wearethemedia.com http://www.corante.com/events/feedfest/ aim/ichat: [EMAIL PROTECTED] msn: [EMAIL PROTECTED] skype: msandy spin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/VpTY2A/lzNLAA/yQLSAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
