Is it considered personal use if you use a non-profit song someone else made (i.e. a homemade remix of a video game song, like on OCRemix) in your own work if it's just something you give out to a few of your friends and not the general public (and of course, still giving credit to the artist regardless)?
2007-09-02 06:24:00 · 6 answers · asked by NMasutaa 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
I would get the artist's permission first, they may appreciate it as a sincere compliment.
2007-09-02 06:33:07 · answer #1 · answered by roppin r 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
As far as I am aware, to use somebody else's work without their permission is "Copyright Theft". If they say you can use it for personal use, this means that you can play it and listen to it but not copy it, play it to others and certainly not include it in any work that you have a claim to. Regardless of whether it is "profitable", "not for profit", "free" etc. you still only have a restricted license. Giving credit does not absolve you and you could get sued or even prosecuted for the copyright theft if you have published the work without permission to publish it. As long as you have redistributed the work to one other person, you have stolen that work as "personal use" does not cover "redistribution". If you want to distribute the work, you need to contact the person ( or their Agent ) and ask for specific rights to do so.
2007-09-02 13:39:11 · answer #2 · answered by kendavi 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The only "non-profit" songs are those in public domain, such as old Christmas carols or folk songs.
Anything else is illegal. And there are people whose whole job is to catch use of songs without paying royalties and slap the offenders with big fines.
2007-09-02 18:13:20 · answer #3 · answered by Bucky 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
You MUST ask permission to use any one else's work for ANY reason other than your own personal enjoyment, teaching (in some instances) and writing reviews. Any other use constitutes infringement of their rights of ownership.
2007-09-02 17:10:08 · answer #4 · answered by lfh1213 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Going by the book, that would be a copyright violation, even if you only shared it with one close mate.
Few copyright holders would be upset by that sort of thing, however, so it's unlikely that you would get into trouble.
2007-09-02 13:37:40 · answer #5 · answered by Dr. Souldogs 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I would think they would be proud of the song and would not mine at all.
2007-09-02 14:54:27 · answer #6 · answered by Mustbe 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋