So I'd like to use electro swing in a TV show. Is that okay legally?
July 31, 2017 5:58 PM
So I'd like to use some music from the genre electro swing in a TV project that might get picked up. Usually I just use library music and call it a day. But I'm trying something new. So I found a site that's got some for license that's royalty free. But I can tell the song it's sampling in it. It's pretty pronounced. Is that okay? Or do you have to then license the song IN the song too? Just wanted to get a feel for it.
Yeah, clearing samples costs money. The odds that anybody posting music to a RF site has bothered to clear the samples is pretty much zero. I'd stay away.
posted by uncleozzy at 6:29 PM on July 31, 2017
posted by uncleozzy at 6:29 PM on July 31, 2017
To be contrary: looks like you have a source for royalty-free music, shared under a permissive license. I have no idea how due diligence applies here but you can in some sense trust in the supplier of said music and assume you're ok until someone tries to tell you it's not ok with them.
Also I'm not entirely sure what you mean by electro swing but if it's what I think you mean then you can probably contact some artists and get them to produce some completely unencumbered material for far less than the cost of retaining an IP lawyer, and maybe less than the cost of a fancy dinner for four.
posted by SaltySalticid at 7:15 PM on July 31, 2017
Also I'm not entirely sure what you mean by electro swing but if it's what I think you mean then you can probably contact some artists and get them to produce some completely unencumbered material for far less than the cost of retaining an IP lawyer, and maybe less than the cost of a fancy dinner for four.
posted by SaltySalticid at 7:15 PM on July 31, 2017
if they don't indemnify you for copyright infringement in their license, you're probably going to be on the hook if someone decides to sue you. I'd ask them whether you're covered and make sure it's in writing.
posted by empath at 10:12 AM on August 1, 2017
posted by empath at 10:12 AM on August 1, 2017
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(IANAL but my BF does clearance and I have done some of it myself in a past life.)
posted by Countess Sandwich at 6:12 PM on July 31, 2017