It's absolutely a good idea to make your own music, or find/buy royalty-free podsafe music. If you do anything else, you're taking a risk. But also keep in mind, the boundaries of Fair Use have not been fully tested in court. I sometimes choose to take the risk on my non-commercial personal vlog, crediting the artist, rather than inhibit my creativity. No cease-and-desists, so far.
The perfect example of a potentially legitimate use of copyrighted music is Zadi's "When September Ends" video, which was written about in the NY Times Critic's Notebook: http://smashface.com/vlog/20050924nytimes.html Then of course there's my "Welcome to the Future" video which deals with this whole clash between copyright and our desire to capture, share, remix: http://blogumentary.typepad.com/vlog/2005/03/videoblog_week__2.html Keep in mind Zadi and I could hear from record company lawyers. Maybe we could get the EFF to defend, but more likely it's easier to simply remove the video. Worst case scenario would be having to pay a fine, if the RIAA charges we're illiegally distributing music. That would suck. -chuck http://mnstories.com --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, Pete Prodoehl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And I really wish it would stop. I cringe every time I see a video by > someone in this group that is using music they obviously do not have the > right to use. If we are supposed to be here helping newbies get into > videoblogging, what sort of example does that set? > 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/
