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Using music legally?

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123+ski
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I am working on a video for a school project, and my teacher wants us to be able to show them on public access. To do this, we have to have the rights/permission. I haven't been able to find anything on any creative commons sites, and I have tried emailing the record company for RJD2 (I want to use ghostwriter, still waiting to hear back), but I need other music as well. She just told us this halfway into the project, but does anyone know where I can buy (reasonably priced) the rights to use a song that I already know for non-commercial interest, essentially itunes for non-commercial use? I can find plenty of sites giving out music for free, the problem is that they don't have much well known stuff. Also, will buying it in itunes count (I'm assuming it won't)? If it is by pretty lights or a similar group where they give out the music free, is it fine to use non-commercially? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks
May 4 2011 10:27PM
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KarmaInitiative
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bump, I'm interested
May 5 2011 8:28AM
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Troy.
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Most of the time, if you include in the disclosure or somewhere that it is used for educational purposes only, they'll backoff.
May 5 2011 6:31PM
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vauban08
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It's called fair use and it only exists in the US, Canada and some few other countries. It allows you to use licensed material under certain circumstances (-> Wikipedia), non-commercial usage in schools/education included.
May 5 2011 6:37PM
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123+ski
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thanks, I looked it up and didn't see a ton about education, it seems like it is mostly a ruling from a court case after the "copyer" has been charged by the original producer, but I will ask my teacher if this is legit for this project. Thanks, +k
May 5 2011 7:30PM
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Happy.
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Like you did with RJD2, most artists will be cool with letting you use a song if you email them, and say that you would only be using it for a school project. I would be careful just assuming you can use it even if they give out the songs for free, I'm sure most people wouldn't care but it's better to just send an email and ask.
May 5 2011 7:51PM
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123+ski
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I know most will be cool, but I still ask to make sure, but not every artist has time to check their email and respond to every kid about a school project, and I can accept that also. INteresting advice about the free songs, I was under the assumption that it was in the public domain or something similar, so I would only have to attribute it to them. Thanks, +k
May 5 2011 8:35PM
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Happy.
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Most of them have an agent/person to do that kind of shit for them :P
May 5 2011 10:14PM
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