What is the copyright law on music videos?
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It depends where you are or even where the video was made,\n\nin the UK copyright will cover the music, lyrics, video production. The classic literary dramatic musical artistic works. There may also be broadcasting and publishing rights under copyright law.\n\nIt arises automatically in the UK and lasts for around 70 years after the death of the artist.
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you can do it on Myspace because they assume all rights to the video.  But you can't do it on your own website without permission from the artist, record label, or both.
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It depends on the use. Under the 'fair use' copyright law it is lawful to use and display copyright material under certain circumstances. \nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
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It can be you used copyrighted music. they are getting strict about that
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All you have to do is if you have Windows Media Player, go to Media Guide and search the songs. It's 100% legal and you can either download the song or music video if you have a Video iPod.
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when the file is copyrighted
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Yeah, you could use P2P software like Limewire (Kazaa is full of spyware applications despite their claims to the contrary).  Or you can purchase a number of music videos from iTunes.
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As I understand it, the song is in the public domain, not the performance of it.  Any copyright you might obtain would extend to your performance only.  The song itself would remain in public domain.
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nope you won't get sued for that. But that depends upon the depth of how you'll gonna use it. Actually i am a singer/songwriter myself and have lots of my stuff copyrighted already. As far as i know, if you will use our stuff commercially or for personal gain, you need to recognize the composer AND pay their royalties. Just be careful though. It would be best to contact the maker of those animations and talk with them on how to go about the issue. :-)
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Yes, although it is somewhat complex and requires a powerful computer such as listed below:\n\nPentium 4\n512 - 1gb Ram\n200+ gb hard drive\nHigh End Video Card\nDigital Camcorder, etc.\n\nSee the following link at Amazon titled:\nMake Your Own Music Videos with Adobe Premiere \nhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0764536761/102-5269922-7956951?v=glance&n=283155\n\nAlso check out the requirements for Adobe Premiere:\nhttp://www.adobe.com\n\nHope this helps - \nDown with MTV, Up with Homegrown Music Videos!!
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No you don't own the copyright to the songs. They still belong to the performer.\n\nYou do however have the right to make a copy to your PC, ipod etc. However, if you then give the CD away then you should get rid of the copy as well. \n\nthat is how the law now or soon will work in Australia. It is called format shifting and as long as you own the original you can have a copy of it somewhere else.\n\nso you can't buy a CD for a friend at Xmas, copy it for yourself and then give it away, you must own the CD.
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Actually yes AND no. Downloading copyrighted songs from Limewire IS illegal, however, downloading songs that your neighbor recorded in his garage or local bands that don't care if you have their songs is NOT. That also goes the same for movies, pictures etc.
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It is illegal to download copyright songs (these are what you would normally pay for at Walmart or Sam Goody).  These songs are available, but it is illegal to download them (somewhat unlikely that you'll get caught, but that's a different story).\n\nYour best bet if you want free music is to simply do a search on Google for the song you want in quotes + "music code"\n\nFor example, to find "My Humps" by Black Eyed Peas, search for \n\n"My Humps" "music code" "black eyed peas"\n\nYou can watch the music video, listen to the song, all for free, and best of all it's legal.  You'll find most songs that way except old songs or rare ones.
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You may if someone reports you. You see it is one of You Tube's rules that you cannot post things that are copyrighted by another individual. To find out more read their terms of use here:\n\nhttp://www.youtube.com/t/terms\n\nHope this Helps!
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I think the only way you can do that is if you have an artist page and upload your own music. You can do a search for myspace music and find other sites that offer video codes for most songs. Hope this helps.
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as long as u dnt not pay for the copyright, and u download it without permission, it is illegal....
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A music video? About 10,000-100,00 or possibly more.