Freeplay music in Animation
 

I noticed some teams using Freeplaymusic.com for their animations, so I decided I would check it out. I liked what I heard so I contacted the company to see if I could use their music. Here's the response I got:

I gave him background about FIRST:

So I think I explained the situation well. The teams I saw were using this service under their "Educational, Non-Commercial use" policy on their site:

http://www.freeplaymusic.com/terms_of_use.htm

I just wanted to bring this to the attention of teams that used this site for their music in their animations, so they don't get DQed.

Re: Freeplay music in Animation
 

"You will need to license our music for website streaming."

huh? If we are submitting it to FIRST, why do we need a license for website streaming? As long as we don't post the animation on our team sites, it should be fine.

Re: Freeplay music in Animation
 

Well, I just read that other thread, and our clip is under 5 seconds, so it should be good. Also, I don't think they post the animations online.

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Also, I just read the terms of use:

"Internet Usage Using Freeplay music on the internet to promote a website that is selling or promoting a product, business or service, requires a license. Using Freeplay music for a personal website is fine, provided no revenues are associated with its use - e.g. no banner ads."

FIRST doesn't have banner ads and they aren't selling a product, that is if they even post the animation, which they don't. Again, the clip is under 5 seconds.

We will remove it out of good faith though, if some people don't feel comfortable with us using it.

Re: Freeplay music in Animation
 

Personally, I would stick with programs like Acid Xpress. Less headaches with copyrights and the kids have major fun playing with it (even non animation kids love trying it out). The copyright situation is too sticky and it cost 710 a chance to enter their very well done aniamation last year. It's just not worth it.

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Look what´s on the term of use on the site...
"Educational, Non-Commercial use
These rights are also granted for educational, non-commercial uses, provided such use is for an accredited school, college, university or trade school program. These reproduction rights (known as mechanical, synchronization and master recording rights) are absolutely FREE, and are granted in perpetuity."

Re: Freeplay music in Animation
 

When you submit the animation to Autodesk, you give them a license to use your animation for whatever they want, with or without credit to you. Thus, this can't fall into the educational clause. If Autodesk were to use it as part of their advertising, you would certainly violate freeplaymusics Terms of Use.

Re: Freeplay music in Animation
 

why can´t it fall under the educational clause?
Can i use the music from freeplaymusic or not?

Re: Freeplay music in Animation
 

Since you grant Autodesk the right to use your animation for whatever they want, it is no longer non-commercial, even if it is educational.

Re: Freeplay music in Animation
 

I brought the Educational Use to the attention of Freeplay in the eMail he sent, and as you can see from the reply in the first post, it doesn't fall under that when you submit it to Autodesk. I gave him links to the Copyright pdf, as well as the Visualization Rules, so they had a good background of the competition and if it falls under their terms of use.

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Yeah, thanks for checking that out for everyone, squide! We'll make sure not to use it now.

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You're welcome!

Here's a site I found permission from:

http://www.musicfromouterspace.com/

Ray Wilson is the composer, he has a few songs to look at. Just email him, and tell him about the competition. I might use one of his songs or "compose" something myself. Good Luck!