Re: FLASH: OT : Copyrighted music

[Clodagh O'Donovan]

> -----Original Message-----

>   My client wants to have a snip-it from a

> CD he has.  Do I contact the CD company to see if it's ok to get that snip

> it and does anyone know a web site regarding this information.


US copyright lay is slightly different from Irish law so I can't quote

you all

the legal stuff but the process is usually fairly simple:  You contact

the

record company and the publishing company (they own the rights to the

recording

and the lyrics respectively) sometimes there will be more than one

publishing

company involved- the record company will tell you.  You'll need to tell

them:

Artist/Group

Track Number

Song Title

Composer

Usage

Duration for clearance

Audience (who they are and how many approximately will hear it!)


That's about it.  i hope this helps.


Clo


PS Fair Use law is a lot more relexed in the US - If you are using the

music for

educational or non-profit purposes - you're pretty much covered.

Check out http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/webbuilder/copyright.html

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Clodagh O'Donovan

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Dublin 2                                Email:

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