Re: use of music on website

It's also worth seeking out works published under the Creative Commons
license (usually marked with a (CC) label on the page. Creative
Commons doesn't automatically mean "free for all". You need to check
the actually license being used for that work. CC licenses cover
everything from "do whatever" to "free for non-profit, only if you
give me attribution" and everything in between.

Here is a page that explains how CC works: http://creativecommons.org/about/licenses/

Here is one of many lists of CC licensed music: http://creativecommons.org/legalmusicforvideos/

- Eli

On Aug 28, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Marilyn Saarni wrote:

> I've dealt with these kinds of issues for government publications with
> a strong public benefit and no profit involved, and in spite of the
> careful copyright work, permissions, credits, etc., that we did in
> preparation, I came away from these experiences with a great fondness
> of home-grown photos and graphics. (I also fell in love with such
> generous groups who gave blanket permissions. And you may be
> surprised which publishers are really horrible to work with.)
>
> Another factor for your project is that it can take several weeks to
> acquire permission to use copyrighted materials.
>
> You may well have to pay for use. With music, they may want to know
> how many times it'll be played online. Or require other interesting
> (painful) conditions of use.
>
> On the other hand, there are some smaller musicians who retain their
> own copyrights -- and they may be happy to give permission, in part to
> publicize their work...might want to do some networking among local
> groups...
>
> That's why I strongly advocate that you either do homegrown music
> compositions (with such short videos, it's unlikely to be costly), or
> that you not rely on "fair use" protection and make sure to get
> copyright permissions.
>
> - Marilyn
>
>
> On Aug 27, 2009, at 6:03 PM, Karen Eft wrote:
>
>> Susan,
>> "Educational purpose" is just one of the factors to use in judging
>> whether
>> your use of copyrighted works is "fair use" and thus allowable under
>> federal
>> law:
>>
>> 1. the purpose and character of your use
>> 2. the nature of the copyrighted work
>> 3. the amount and substantiality of the portion taken, and
>> 4. the effect of the use upon the potential market.
>>
>> When in doubt, you're advised to ask the copyright holder for
>> permission.
>> Use of currently copyrighted works would seem especially dangerous
>> for
>> high-profile music clips such as TV show themes, advertisements,
>> popular
>> songs, etc. where use of the clip really adds effectiveness (i.e.
>> value) to
>> your material.
>>
>> Here are some authoritative sites to help you decide:
>> http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/Collections/copyright.html
>> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/copyright/fairuse.html#2
>>
>> --Karen
>
> <snip>
>
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Eli Cochran
user interaction developer
ETS, UC Berkeley

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