[LtStriker]

Hey Guys

Just wondering if I could use music I own in my URT movie. I have an extensive record collection with all kinds of titles. ACDC, Guns & Roses etc. Is there a problem with adding this kind of music to a movie if it just stays on our web site?

Any ideas?

Lt Striker

[|it|Seven of Nine]

You don't own the copyright to the music, aka you don't have any rights to distribute the music, so legally speaking the answer is no, but look at 99% of the gaming movies on youtube and you'll see they contain copyrighted material. :)

[|it|Genesis]

The most common videos with their audio removed, from my experience, are ones with Sony BMG music. Then again, I rarely see videos where the audio has been removed when the music was referenced in the credits.

[mitsubishi]

Seven of Nine, on 08 May 2010 - 10:06 AM, said:

You don't own the copyright to the music, aka you don't have any rights to distribute the music, so legally speaking the answer is no

unless the music allows it.

[~SG~Speckknoedelsup]

There are some bands that release their music under Creative Commons license, giving the user/listener several rights depending on that specific license.
In most cases music realeased under the CC license allows the user to remix it or use it with other media as long they don't earn money with it, however this you may want to check out for yourself to make sure.

One band that comes into my mind is:
Nine inch Nails,
they released there last 2 works, "The Slip" "Ghost I-IV" under CC license

Also the Copyright ends 70 years after the author has died (at least in the EU), so you are allowed to use most classical music that fall into that category.

This post has been edited by Speckknoedelsup: 08 May 2010 - 04:37 PM

[mitsubishi]

Speckknoedelsup, on 08 May 2010 - 04:36 PM, said:

Nine inch Nails,
they released there last 2 works, "The Slip" "Ghost I-IV" under CC license

wat? neeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeerds.

good.

[LtStriker]

Seven of Nine, on 08 May 2010 - 10:06 AM, said:

You don't own the copyright to the music, aka you don't have any rights to distribute the music, so legally speaking the answer is no, but look at 99% of the gaming movies on youtube and you'll see they contain copyrighted material. :)

Thanks everyone. The actual video is Ginormous. I put a smaller version on our website, but even that takes forever to load. Just thought it would be cool to make something. Never put an ending on it. Kind of a play on our clan consisting of a bunch of old folks over thirty.

You can see it, if you have the patience. You can't download it, it plays in a browser. Go to http://30plus.org and click on Misc on the left, then you can click on Lt Striker Movie. It will start to load. When it gets to 10% the video will start to play but I suggest that you hit pause and go for a coffee, beer, piza, wash the car, walk the dog or whatever you can do for at least a half hour while it caches, then drag it back and hit Play. Downloads faster for some, depends on your location I guess.

Lt Striker

This post has been edited by ltstriker: 09 May 2010 - 05:22 AM

[|it|Genesis]

4% after 10 mins. This is fun!

[LtStriker]

Genesis, on 08 May 2010 - 06:47 PM, said:

4% after 10 mins. This is fun!

Ya, it's kinda lame. Camtasia Studio is pretty cool, but I should have converted to an AVI and then crunched it down to size. That and there seems to be a bad connection to our web server lately.

[|it|Seven of Nine]

megui ftw, encode it to mp4 with decent settings :)