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Re: Chairmans Background music Question

I'll echo what Dale said. It's important to make sure that the music you select is free and clear to be used in your submission.

Per the Administrative Manual (Page 42, Section 6):

"Copyright
  • If using copyrighted music must have written permission
  • If using Creative Commons Music (CCM) online, the music must be used in accordance with the appropriate license and properly attributed.
  • Music may not contain offensive or suggestive language"

To quote Creativecommons.com:

"Creative Commons is a new system, built upon current copyright law, that allows you to legally use “some rights reserved” music, movies, images, and other content — all for free. CC offers free copyright licenses that anyone can use (without a lawyer) to mark their creative work with the freedoms they want it to carry. For instance, a musician would use a Creative Commons license to allow people to legally share her songs online, make copies for friends, or even use them in videos or other compositions.

[...]Most importantly, you need to use music that is not licensed under a No Derivative Works license. This means that the musician doesn't want you to change, transform, or make a derivative work using their music. Under CC licenses, synching the music to images amounts to transforming the music, so you can’t legally use a song under a CC No Derivative Works license in your video."


Here's some resources I've found helpful:

Hope that helps! As for artist suggestions, I don't really have anything specific. I know you want it to be exciting music, but make sure that it doesn't take any focus away from what you want the viewers to focus on. If somebody is speaking, the background music should be just that: in the background. Good luck
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