Thread: useing Copyright protected music.
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Re: useing Copyright protected music.
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Originally Posted by Rohith Surampudi
well to avoid the issue all together, why not just email the director of the band, or owner of the copyright and explain what you are using it for, they are ususally pretty open to the idea.
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I have been writing bands for copyrights all year long for school and have not gotten any rights, in fact I have been told that if I do use the music I will be brought to court. Yes, I did tell them it was for school and it was NFP but they still said no.

I do, however, reccomend visiting Creative Commons anything there can be used for free and will not get you into unwanted legal battles.


Also... check to see if your school has a partnership with a distrubuter (ie: BMI) ... I know Columbia does, some high schools may. You can then use any music from there as long as you do not sell whatever you are using your music for.

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