I took a bunch of popular songs and turned them into 1 song, for an example: i took 1 minute from 10 different songs to make a 10 minute song. Can I legally sell a CD to make profit with these mixes on it. (if its not would it be legal if i credited the artist)
2007-09-17 09:00:42 · 10 answers · asked by kosse1sa 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Probably not. That's sampling, and most courts have ruled that if you appropriate any part of another's song (unless it's for parody or satire) you have to pay -- there's not "fair use" to create the "derivative work" of your mix through sampling.
http://www.princeton.edu/culturalpolicy/studentpap/undergrad%20thesis1%20JLind.pdf
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-09-08-sampling-ruling_x.htm
http://copynot.org/Pages/Music%20sampling.htm
(Credit doesn't matter. Sometimes, if the song is obscure, the artist may be willing to provide you a "license" in exchange for a credit, but simply saying who you're stealing from doesn't make the stealing legit. And yes, there are great arguments to be made that taking less than :10 from a song to create a new work should be allowed under our laws, but right now, it isn't.)
2007-09-17 09:09:05 · answer #1 · answered by Perdendosi 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If any one song is not more than about 10 seconds you might get away with it. However they still do have copyrights to the entire song and you don't so don't be surprised if you get a call from someone's attorney. Crediting the artis won't usually do much good as there is more to making that CD you are pirating than a singer or rapper or guitar player or whateve. There are sound people, back up misicians, producers, label designers, and all the support people for each of them. What about the original recording studio? They feel they should get something too.
2007-09-17 09:11:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't use the songs if you are trying to make a profit. If you made a home video of your dog doing something funny and used the song, you can get away with that. But you can't sell these tracks as your own.
2007-09-17 09:08:36 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
NO you cannot, songs are copyrighted as a whole so therefore even taking a sample, a bass line or even a unique drum beat from a song can be a violation of the copy right.
2007-09-17 09:08:16 · answer #4 · answered by smedrik 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, it is copyright infringement. Before you can credit an artist, you have to contact them to get permission to use their music.....for the most part you wont get it, and if you do, any profits are going to be taken up by attorneys and royalties.
2007-09-17 09:54:16 · answer #5 · answered by zebj25 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
have you ever heard of Rappers getting sued for using a sampling out of a song without permision.
They get sued and they are only using a beat from a song not even words
2007-09-17 09:09:29 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No. The other artists hold the copyright, which means only they have the right to make and use copies. Since you do not have the copyright, you do not have the right to make copies. See? The word actually means something.
2016-05-17 06:28:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nope, you can't sell it unless you have permission from the owner of each piece of music that you used.
2007-09-17 09:08:44 · answer #8 · answered by Stacia T 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not without each artists written permission.
2007-09-17 09:06:30 · answer #9 · answered by sensible_man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can only sell something if you own it , you do not own the rights to those songs
2007-09-17 09:06:20 · answer #10 · answered by neo-libs-can't-grasp-reality 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋