Tesla Coil wrote:
>
> I don't know. Would the entire production, be it a commercial or
> movie, need to be copylefted for the material to be used?
I would think the answer is yes. If a film includes your song, it would
fall under this part of the GPL:
"The 'Program', below,
refers to any such program or work, and a "work based on the Program"
means either the Program or any derivative work under copyright law:
that is to say, a work containing the Program or a portion of it,
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
either verbatim or with modifications..."
This applies even if there's only thirty seconds of your song, or a
modified version of it, in a 90-minute film.
> Outside of placing a trademark at risk, it would seem an advertiser
> would be willing to copyleft a commercial before a filmmaker would
> copyleft a large budget movie production. The commercial recovers
> its production expenses from sales of the item advertised, while the
> movie recovers its production expenses from sales of itself.
Good point.
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