I mean, if I use little snippets of audio from commercial LP's and CD's in my music, and sell my works commercially, am I breaking the law? Where do they draw the line?
2007-02-22 16:41:48 · 6 answers · asked by Road Trip 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I haven't actually completed any work yet, but I will soon.
2007-02-22 16:42:48 · update #1
That is called sampling. You can't sample a song without the artist permission. Without permission from the artist or the producer, you are breaking the law.
2007-03-02 15:42:58 · answer #1 · answered by BigWashSr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It used to be that you could use up to 15 secs of a song without breaking the law but I'm not sure if that still stands anymore.
2007-02-22 16:44:38 · answer #2 · answered by curtf1964 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that if you use someone else's copyright material, regardless of how long it is, and you don't have their written permission, you are in that nasty "gray area." If you use your work as a mechanism that makes you money, and you don't have that written permission, you are then in deep doo-doo.
Technically, it doesn't have to be someone else performing the 'work' - you could be playing someone else's music yourself, but if you don't have their permission, you're in trouble.
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Footnote:
If the RIAA gets their way, it will be illegal to hum the tune of one of their songs without paying them for the right to do so...
2007-03-02 15:37:40 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Without permission from the artist, recording industry, or whatever, you're breaking the law.
2007-03-01 21:29:46 · answer #4 · answered by Edward J 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with the FCC!
2007-03-02 14:15:15 · answer #5 · answered by lainey lain 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its deppend of which country you live in?
in some country its called REMIX and its Legal, and in some country its illegal.
2007-03-01 22:37:24 · answer #6 · answered by fazal suhan 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋