If I add some artists song without his permission,because I need it urgently and after using it for my film,I let him know and ask for rights afterwards,will that clear me from Copyright infringements?And if I add his/her music to my film without their permission and then in the end credits,I list out clearly,and be specific that all the music in the film was not at all original and belongs to the artists that I am gonna list out, in big bold text,will that still make me eligible to infringe copyright.Even being specific and clear that it isn't my work and listing their work out.
2006-09-09 21:31:43 · 4 answers · asked by real_purpose_of_existence 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
If I break into your house and steal your TV cause I desperately need to watch some sports - but after I bring it back and apologise, and put a big sticker on the window giving you credit for having a great TV - would that be legal?
2006-09-09 21:38:25 · answer #1 · answered by Rokkster 2 · 7⤊ 0⤋
Nope, won't clear you at all. Intent to do the right or wrong thing isn't a requirement for copyright infringement. Saying you're sorry isn't protection from copyright infringement. Infringement is using someone else's work without having a the right to that work.
What you need is, at minimum, for the person (or people) who wrote the music to give you a non-exclusive license to the exclusive rights that you're going to need for the work, such as publicly perform, public display, reproduction, and distribution. You might also need digital rights, depending on how you're going to distribute the film.
You also need similar rights from whoever owns the rights to the version of the performance that you're going to use.
This is true for every song, although you don't need rights from the person (people) who wrote the song if the song is in the public domain.
2006-09-12 19:34:04 · answer #2 · answered by question_ahoy 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Usually all copyright material should obtain the author's permission BEFORE using it (and if the author gives his/her consent), as far as I know and as you can read in notices attached to most works around the world. I know you add their names in the credits, but I do think you should have their opinion first! I'm an author myself and my publishers always write the usual sentence " no part of this book may be copied without the publisher's consent, etc, etc," but I don't know if it's the same for music. Good luck.
And ROKKSTER has just said it all!
2006-09-10 04:45:52 · answer #3 · answered by gardengate 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rokkster, you got it man! Nothing to add . The kinda thing I would have answered myself...
2006-09-10 04:41:43 · answer #4 · answered by Sherluck 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋