Oh wait... I've made 87 cents from Amazon Associates, yay. Well, if you direct your audience from your vlog to go to LeanBackVids.com then I don't think you should be at fault for people watching in iTunes. Besides, I wonder if there's some way of disclaiming the music you use by saying it was taken from a shared music source... with all the legal jargon rolling around, there must be a way to get out of that kind of lawsuit.
I would worry more if you do have a sponsorship. It would be a responsible move to make sure that you are using music that you are authorized to use. I have no doubt that as the web grows more communial, it will not be as difficult to use a piece of music in vlogs. My best advice is to play it safe for now by either adding a disclaimer or linking to the product... the other option is to make friends with record executives... BTW, the only reason Kitkast took on a 1930s Hollywood theme is because I was trying to find music that was open source! Alot of these old movies and songs are open source so I got a lot of stuff off archive.org to use for my intro/outro! Kitka --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "LeanBackVids.com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yeah, we are an Amazon affiliate and link from the vlog post to the > album that contains the song we're using... but 90% of our traffic is > coming from iTunes so most viewers do not have the context of our > site. (Damn iTunes!) > > I realize that using copyrighted music is 100% illegal, but wonder if > there is a bigger risk of getting busted if the site contains > sponsorship, which means we're making money off the content (including > the song used). > > This is probably a worthless topic since any way you look at it is > illegal. Oh well, I have no plans of changing any time soon since the > RIAA has bigger fish to fry. > > -Matt > ----------------------- > http://vlogmap.org > http://leanbackvids.com > http://ridertech.com > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Ms. Kitka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Does Rocketboom have the rights to use a clip from this? Wouldn't > > > they need the approval of both Kevin Smith and Quentin Tarantino? > > > > I'm no lawyer, but if you're providing free advertising for something > > I don't believe you'll get into any trouble unless you are: > > > > a) using the copyrighted material to make fun of it; > > b) using the copyrighted material to promote something the artist may > > be against (eg. pornography, politics, etc.); > > c) making money from using their copyrighted material. > > > > I don't know about Rocketboom, but when I used copyrighted music on my > > last show, I made a direct link to the Amazon page where you can > > purchase the CD. Since they get free advertising as well as a link to > > sell more albums, I doubt that they will ever complain. > > > > The good thing about doing this is that you can sign up with Amazon > > Associates and if anyone buys the product you can make 5% of the > > profits. (My theory should work, but I haven't made a cent yet...) > > > > In any case, the Clerks 2 web site is set up as a videoblog, so why > > would Rocketboom get into any trouble... it seems to me that Kevin > > Smith just wanted to generate buzz (and that's exactly what Rocketboom > > contributed to). Besides, I bet you five bucks that Kevin Smith is a > > Rocketboom fan... Amanda Congdon is too cute to evade his radar. > > > > Kitka > > > Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
