How can video companies use copyrighted music in projects?
I have noticed on websites and brochures for companies offering photo montages for clients. The line goes:
“No charge if you supply the CDs”. Or “We can download songs for you for a fee.” Or “For copyright reasons we can only accept CDs provided by client.” Or something like that. My question is, how can these Companies do this legally? Thanks.
Larry Davis.
As I understand it when you purchase the CD you purchase the right to use the music for personal use. So you can put a song you bought on a photomontage to show to your family of pictures you took. In these cases the person owning the copyright is getting royalties as defined in the agreement when they sell the record, CD or digital file of the song to you for use. You could not use it for a movie you charged admission to or montage you used for advertising or other commercial reasons without additional permission of the person holding the copyright.
6 Responses to “How can video companies use copyrighted music in projects?”
no that’s illegal they can’t do that without paying royalties to the copyright owners.
Comment made on March 9th, 2009 at 3:05 amReferences :
I believe you can contact the library of congress in washington D.C. That’s the copy wright office.
http://www.copyright.gov/
Comment made on March 9th, 2009 at 3:17 amReferences :
Anyone can use copyrighted music provided they have a license to use it from the holder.
This normally is charged for, so the copyright holder can earn from his work, even though the product you are offering, apart from the copyright holder’s work, is otherwise original.
It’s only fair, as the right music, or reference, can sometimes elevate your work by an amazing degree
Comment made on March 9th, 2009 at 3:32 amReferences :
It’s legal.
A photo-montage CD will have a herd of photos going across the screen with music playing in the background…
There is no charge if you supply the blank CD’s to copy the montage onto multiple CD’s so you can hand them out.
For the music, if they download it, they have to charge you, or it would be considered copying music for business purposes - which would incur royalty charges. How they get around this is to ask you for YOUR music CD’s, as there isn’t a problem copying your OWN music for your OWN uses.
If you don’t have a copy of the music already, they’ll happily go to i-Tunes and download a $.99 cent song, and charge you $25 to supply the music. That keeps it legal.
It is quite a business to get into!!
Comment made on March 9th, 2009 at 4:08 amReferences :
As I understand it when you purchase the CD you purchase the right to use the music for personal use. So you can put a song you bought on a photomontage to show to your family of pictures you took. In these cases the person owning the copyright is getting royalties as defined in the agreement when they sell the record, CD or digital file of the song to you for use. You could not use it for a movie you charged admission to or montage you used for advertising or other commercial reasons without additional permission of the person holding the copyright.
Comment made on March 9th, 2009 at 4:40 amReferences :
There is a Copyright law that permits companies to make a single copy of a record/cassette/CD for their personal collection. This is perfectly legal as long as it is a single copy. We transfer old records to CD for our customers. I don’t know about downloading music.
http://www.whatnots.cc/services/transfer.html
Comment made on March 9th, 2009 at 4:46 amReferences :
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