Can I get in trouble with music I bought and put on my website.
It is only as a backround ?
2006-09-04 06:21:19 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Do you own the copyright to the music, or do you have a licence permitting you to broadcast it? If not, then you're in the wrong.
You say you bought the music....? As in, you bought the rights to it, or you just went out and bought the CD?
If you bought the rights, then you can do what you like unless it's excluded by the terms of purchase.
If you bought the CD over the counter, then you only bought the right to perform it for your own entertainment. NOT to copy of broadcast it. Making it available on your website, as backgound or in any other form, is broadcasting...
2006-09-04 06:27:04 · answer #1 · answered by IanP 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Technically, you probably are violating copyright laws. If its a CD, you can read the fine print at the back or if you downloaded legally, you must have agreed to some sort of legal mumbo jumbo at some stage and it probably said something about public broadcasting and copying is not allowed. So yes, if the music company REALLY wanted, they could sue you.
On the other hand, it is just a calculated risk. I'm sure the record company knows that you are not making any money out of putting a song as background music and it is not losing any money because of that. (unless you are using the song itself to attract more visitors and you make money out of the site).
If you really want to play safe, go for classical music done by any artist who died more than 50 years ago. Nobody actually owns them (be careful not to use re-compositions of the same works by newer composers)
If your site is an educational project there is a good chance that you can write to the record label and get legal permission to use it either for a small fee or sometimes even free.
2006-09-04 06:43:05 · answer #2 · answered by kevinrtx 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to provide from where you obtained the music such as a footer that states it is from what band, what album, and such.
2006-09-04 06:27:38 · answer #3 · answered by Robin C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
registered that kind at brand dept
2006-09-04 06:24:29 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
think its only if your selling them that there will be.
2006-09-04 06:24:19 · answer #5 · answered by Marg N 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋