Yeah, Verdi, I often feel that way m'self, and on other days than Talk Like a Pirate Day, too.
Sometimes I pirate the works of people I really like and link to 'em because I want 'em to know I've pirated their stuff. One thing I did was to subscribe to http://emusic.comf or a couple months (was $9.95 for 40 d/l per month) and fished through their library for the shortest songs. Someone mentioned a dearth of songs suitable for comedy. Try out http://archive.org for that. There's lots of old timey music there plenty funny for comic stuff. There are podcasts out there that broadcast old radio shows. Lots of music to be harvested there. Dennis Humphrey is one podcaster and he's here: http://radiomemories.libsyn.com/index.php?post_year=2005&post_month=05 Links in the right sidebar to others including sci-fi, westerns, and comedy. Here's my collected links for "ccmusic" some of which are not really cc, but rather collected resources for music on the Internets: http://del.icio.us/love_detective/ccmusic Sometimes nothing will do but that particular music that serves as cultural shorthand. Sometimes, a film requires the swelling of the string section. Who among us could afford to hire a composer and the big studio and the strings? When out and about I'm always listening for sounds with soundtrack potential to record, especially among colleagues and friends. Sometimes it's not music per se that becomes a soundtrack. In order for music made by and for the long tail to succeed, we must begin to listen to it. Again. And again. Let it become as much a part of us as The Beatles so that when that moment comes, we may remember that song made by that band from XX, OK as just the right choice for our vlog entry. Because they're in my music library, some of the old timey public domain songs have now become part of my own musical lexicon and are at my mind's fingertips for use. These days I evangelize as much about cc licensing as vlogging. It's important stuff. We would do well to support folks who license their works under cc. Jan P.S. And thanks Rupert for the link-love. That Lessig introduction haunts me, and was the primary impetus for making changes in listening habits that include cc music. On 2/3/07, Michael Verdi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I wouldn't use copyrighted music without permission on a commercial > work but I have and will continue to use it on my personal stuff > because I think it should be allowed. I'm clear that it's not allowed > but I kind of feel like it's such bullshit that people should make a > stand. Copyright affords the creator certain rights so that they can > commercially exploit their work. I think the tradeoff for that is the > work (if successful) becomes part of our shared culture and therefor > is likely to be playing in the background while someome is running > around with a camera or even better, becomes the soundtrack. You are > taking nothing away from the original creator and they are not loosing > out on a share of the revenu. Basically, I license my personal stuff > BY-NC because I think that should replace traditional copyright. > > - Verdi > > On 2/3/07, Richard (Show) Hall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > This isn't true (as I understand it). You could do this for a radio > station > > or streaming on the web, but you could not do this with ASCAP songs that > are > > immediately down loadable ... my understanding anyway > > > > On 1/31/07, Peter Leppik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > You could, at least in theory, buy an ASCAP license. ASCAP is the > > > organization which grants blanket music licenses to radio stations, > > > night clubs, etc. This would allow you to legally use just about any > > > recording in your podcast or vlog. > > > > > > The only problem is that ASCAP is really intended for revenue- > > > generating businesses, and their minimum license is $288/year for > > > online use. That's a bit pricey for most hobbyists worried about the > > > miniscule odds of a lawsuit. > > > > > > -Peter > > > > > > > > > On Jan 31, 2007, at 10:21 AM, Ron Watson wrote: > > > > > > > Ryanne, > > > > > > > > What terms are you claiming under mangatune? > > > > > > > > I hope you're not using the 'commercial but poor' classification as > > > > your basis for that usage. The last time I went to look for new > music > > > > at mangatune, there was a clarification on that classification. > > > > > > > > I've been cutting my own music as of late. > > > > > > > > I really must get better at not allowing music to play in the > > > > background in our pieces. It is so hard though. We always have > > > > music on. > > > > > > > > Then of course there is the issue of capturing someone's discdog > > > > routine on video and posting it. One part history and capturing a > > > > public event and one part copyright. I'd like to think that the > > > > interests of people (history and public venue) would outweigh the > > > > interests of profit (copyright), but we all know what's important in > > > > our society. > > > > > > > > I am going to be checking out ccmixter. Maybe I can run into Lucas > > > > there and apologize for the verbal beating i gave him before I > > > > understood where he was going (I really got hosed on that email lag > - > > > > totally out of context 24 hours later...). > > > > > > > > ron > > > > > > > > On Jan 31, 2007, at 2:30 AM, Deirdre Straughan wrote: > > > > > > > > > I've used Magnatune, giving credit as they require. But I get very > > > > > tired of > > > > > the process of hunting for the right soundtrack. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > best regards, > > > > > Deirdré Straughan > > > > > > > > > > www.beginningwithi.com (personal) > > > > > www.tvblob.com (work) > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _____ > > > Peter U. Leppik > > > CEO > > > Vocal Laboratories Inc. > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <pleppik%40vocalabs.com> > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Richard > > http://richardhhall.org > > Shows > > http://richardshow.org > > http://inspiredhealing.tv > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > -- > http://michaelverdi.com > http://spinxpress.com > http://freevlog.org > Author of Secrets Of Videoblogging - http://tinyurl.com/me4vs > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- The Faux Press - better than real http://fauxpress.blogspot.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
