Looks like its being reviewed in the UK at the moment, and would apply to vlogs as well I guess:
http://www.mcps-prs-alliance.co.uk/playingbroadcastingonline/online/Podcasting/Pages/podcasting.aspx "Use of music in a digital recording of an audio or audio-visual programme, made available on the Internet for downloading to a personal player. We are in the process of reviewing the Podcasting licensing schemes following feedback from both members and licensees. Until new schemes are available we are arranging interim agreements. " I went sniffing around that site a bit more and there were all sorts of different licences which a UK vlogger might want to explore, eg 'production music' which covers fee's for using music thats in a specific library for use by tv shows etc. Costs are quite high, eg £196 for one 30 second clip. In the past Ive generally assumed that such license things are too expensive or complex to be worth looking at, so I shall be very interested to see if a sanely priced podcasting/video podcasting license emerges anywhere. USA equivalents include: http://www.ascap.com/weblicense/ http://bmi.com/newmedia/entry/C1170 It all gets a bit messy on the net because traditionally there are performance rights, to play the music in public, and there are mechanical rights, to make copies of the music. A podcast can be seen as requiring both. And the rights organisations only really cover their own members work, so you still need to check carefully whether you can use specific works. Cheers Steve Elbows --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also the wikipedia entry for 'copyright collective' helps explain: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_collective > > Theres a list of various ones around the world at the end of the > wikipedia entry. I dont know if any of the others have looked at > podcasting, I'll go research. > > Cheers > > Steve Elbows > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "Steve Watkins" <steve@> wrote: > > > > Socan's own description of what they do in general, will hopefully > > make sense of the issue. The problem is the term music being used too > > broadly, the assumption being there isnt any other sort of music that > > people would use. > > > > http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/music_users/ > > > > So anyway it gives you the right to use music from most of the major > > publishers etc. > > > > Another way of looking at it is that things like 'podsafe music' are > > safe from this sort of thing, socan cant touch you if you arent using > > copyrighted music. > > > > Its a bargain if you ask me. > > > > Steve Elbows > > > > --- In videoblogging@yahoogroups.com, "David Meade" <meade.dave@> > > wrote: > > > > > > ?! ...... !? > > > > > > On 4/18/07, Casey McKinnon <caseymckinnon@> wrote: > > > > WTF? > > > > > > > > http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/1882/125/ > > > > > > > > C. > > > > > > > > --- > > > > http://galacticast.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.DavidMeade.com > > > > > >
