Re: use of music on website [and photos too]

Wonderful links on that page, Eli.

This is very similar to our own in-house http://calphotos.berkeley.edu
catalog. Contributors make notes of how they allow use of their
photos. Wonderful collection and marvelous search tools.

- Marilyn

On Aug 28, 2009, at 3:01 PM, Eli Cochran wrote:

> 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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