using other people's music

adnans

ive been doing some 3d animation lately and the stuff looks really good (honestly ). ive even learned to animate the objects to spin, rotate and do other weird stuff to music which obviosuly isnt made by me. is it enough just to credit the artist who made the music and add all those copyright notices to the video's comments , or is my tactic just plain illegal?

adnans

Figment

just plain illegal im affraid.
However if its just to be shown between you and a client, or a possible future boss who is to know.
It might be worth your while sourcing royalty free music.

The last issue of computer arts had them raving about some guys showreal then a note to say they couldnt actually show it because the music was by Moby. Id say he lost a lot of opportunities because of it.

adnans

most of what i do is uncommercial work so i or anyone else wont get anything in return from what im doing. its not stealing the beat, the chords or the lyrics and call it original work. its mainly there to accompany the visuals which happen to be complementing the music, in this case the artist that made the music gets promoted for free. i can draw the line there.

if i decided to use this for commercial work, it would be different altoghether.

adnans

wiensta

hmm. strange, I believe Moby allows his music to be used for free but I could be wrong.

adnans: a lot of old jazz music is uncopyrighted, so is most classical music.

basically yknow all those cds old women who call you "love" sell? well most of them are dodgy record companies publishing royalty free music at a low cost, and the cds ARE cheap cos all your paying for is a small piece of plastic.

Figment

It doesnt make any difference if its for uncommercial work. If someone owns the copyright to music (images etc) then you need their permission to use it.
Its up to the artist to decide if they want it promoted for free.
But again, if only a select few are going to see it then who is to know.

wiensta: they probably figured it was copyright and didnt go any further in checking it with moby.

mike65

If you're looking for music that you can get permission to use then look no further than the net! Sites like mp3.com and besonic.com etc have zillions of ppl like me on thier sites. Find something you like the sound of and can work with then drop them an e-mail chances are they'd be thrilled to have thier music used in such a fashion.

Mike.

Kali

Originally posted by wiensta
hmm. strange, I believe Moby allows his music to be used for free but I could be wrong.

doubtful, unless he keeps his own publishing rights, which is very rare these days.. and i'm sure his record company wouldn't like it either.

Monkey

Well who's gonna see the animation ? How would the record company find out.