Music for safety animation

[MasterRobot]

i think the what i did is probably frowned upon, but what i did was i just googled Public Domain Techno Music (i was looking for dance music things) i eventually found a dance style Pachebel Cannon, which i liked. I assume that it was made by the person who posted it, and i assume that its public domain because it said public domain. There is a lot of music out there, and if its free and says public domain i will consider using it (if it's good of course)

ohh and i guess here is my final animation

(i dont like it, one reason is that i procrastinated and ended up doing it in a week )

[ComradeNikolai]

Originally Posted by MasterRobot

ohh and i guess here is my final animation

I like the FSM reference. It's all good just for that.

[Kevin Thorp]

Originally Posted by MasterRobot

i think the what i did is probably frowned upon, but what i did was i just googled Public Domain Techno Music (i was looking for dance music things) i eventually found a dance style Pachebel Cannon, which i liked. I assume that it was made by the person who posted it, and i assume that its public domain because it said public domain. There is a lot of music out there, and if its free and says public domain i will consider using it (if it's good of course)

Remember - you MUST get written permission from the song's owner and send it along with your animation entry. Otherwise you will be disqualified.

Shoockwave sound has a "terms & conditions" document which we included with our entry. It satisfied the Autodesk judges. Perhap your Public Domain site has a similar document, or the band will give you written permission. If not, please don't use the song!

[MasterRobot]

ok well the site has music labeled as "copyright" "some rights reserved" and "public domain". The site's own definition of public domain is "Dedicator recognizes that, once placed in the public domain, the Work may be freely reproduced, distributed, transmitted, used, modified, built upon, or otherwise exploited by anyone for any purpose, commercial or non-commercial, and in any way, including by methods that have not yet been invented or conceived."....

i took that as being public domain....
if my logic is wrong, well then i probably shouldn't be using the site

[Kevin Thorp]

I think that's okay, as long as you have something in writing (even if it's just a screen capture) stating the song is public domain.

Autodesk will require this as part of your entry.

[boehmz]

Is it true that you can use up to 3 seconds of copyrighted music? We want to use music from the good the bad and the ugly, just the most famous part. If not, is it ok to recreate it ourselves using garage band or someone whistling it?

[Corporat]

I do not believe that having only three seconds of copyrighted music is any different than having any other amount of copyrighted music. You want to play it safe and not use any copyrighted music unless you have the proper permission to do so.

But a GarageBand rip-off, oddly enough, has worked for us in the past and I'm sure it is entirely acceptable as long as it is noticeably different (slightly different pitch, faster/slower tempo, different instrument, etc).

[Cyberphil]

If i were you guys, I would seriously consider asking some kids that are into music in your school or area to try to come up with some cool theme music that fits the theme of your animation. Than you can get some more people involved in the FIRST program at your school and not have them fully commit to the program.

[ebarker]

Originally Posted by Corporat

I do not believe that having only three seconds of copyrighted music is any different than having any other amount of copyrighted music.

I thought the three second rule applied only to cookies that fell on the floor...