Today at school, i received a phone call from autodesk, saying that
they need to see the signed permission from the song writer, saying that
i can use the music for the animation. So i talked to my music teacher and
it turned out that after 25 years of the music’s publication, the song becomes public domain, and since the music i used was classical which dates back to 1700, I was off the hook. So i called her and left her a message about the story, and she called me back saying that she was really sorry, and that she was going through a stack of the teams that violated the copyrighted materials. She told me that my animation is definitely going to be judged.
I’m not exactly sure that the public domain thing is true.
Well, for most music it is, yes. but some music is owned and maintained by a “society”, board, or individuals that keep the copyrights up to date on these things. You might want to check on that.
If it’s not THAT famous of a song or the composer is unknown, I wouldn’t worry about it though.
You are correct that “music” is not copyrighted any longer. However, you probably used a specific recording of that music, which is more then likely still under copyright. Unless you recorded the music yourself, or have permision from the person who recorded it, then you should not have used it.
*Originally posted by Jeremy_Mc * If it’s not THAT famous of a song or the composer is unknown, I wouldn’t worry about it though.
So it’s OK to steal if the thing you’re stealing isn’t well known? Why should a famous composer/performer be entitled to more rights than a less famous one?
*Originally posted by Dave Flowerday *
**So it’s OK to steal if the thing you’re stealing isn’t well known? Why should a famous composer/performer be entitled to more rights than a less famous one? **
Perhaps I worded that wrong. What I meant by that is if it’s not a well known song/composer, it probably wasn’t re-recorded or picked up by a beneficiary-type organization.
It’s never OK to steal music of any kind, especially with intention to use it as/in your own work.
well said jeremy, you have a good point there, that’s why we have the
25 year public domain thing, my music teacher is into record productions
and he really knows his stuff. And i think he is rite on this one.
the public domain thing after 25 years is right. If you look at the recent disney court battle to kept mickey mouse and donald duck under copyright…the same kind of thing applies here. If it is after 25 years then it’s free game…provided you used the version that was recorded 25 years ago…not the remix or newer recorded version, and you should be safe.
Unfortunately, 25 years is incorrect. The original copyright laws let the creator of a work have a copyright for 28 years. Over the past century Congress has expanded the length of time that a copyright is held. The current length of time is the life of the creator plus 70 years. Works for hire or anonymous works are protected for 95 or 120 years. All this is retroactive to all works that were still under copyright when the law was passed.
As far as I know there is no link for it on FIRST, That is a copywright law that i have used. I used that last year, (this year our music was used on acid.)
I feel you team 701, when i first received the call, i was in a shock.
Is it even possible for you to contact with the record company? Somehow?
that’s what i thought of when i was in the situation.
Wow this is kinda mind shocking… but I guess FIRST is really cracking down on the music thing. I used a very unknown song by a band called Banyan in our animation, and I could easily get permission from the bass player in that band since my dad knows him… anyways, I hope I never receive that call you guys are getting.
On the linkin park thing, you could try their website ? www.linkinpark.com
I dunno if you could talk to a representative and just explain your situation… good luck though.
