No man has the right to do what he wants and not have to pay the price…
What part of “Do the Right Thing” don’t people understand?
So let me just blog some brief information of what copyright is…
If you are going to use a copyrighted song then you need to have clearances for songs in writing, a usage license, and you have to pay a fee to BMI or ASCAP. If you use music protected by copyright without the authority of the copyright owner you are infringing on the copyright owner's exclusive rights of reproduction.
Unless you have contributed to writing a song - adding music to enhance a DVD or adding music to a video without rights or permission is copyright infringement.
If you add music to a video in which there is a commercial transaction - and you do not pay the artist royalties, you may be liable for statutory damages up to $30,000 for each work infringed and up to $150,000 for each willful infringement; plus attorney's fees incurred by the copyright owner.And you might wonder how they find out? An artist's representative is always on the look-out for anything that might affect their clients. They would submit an order, complete a financial transaction, and wait to receive the product in question and..."here comes the Judge" as they say. PLUS...in this digital age there are new safeguards such as "audio watermarks". They cannot be erased even when the music's format is changed. Monitoring equipment hears the mark and once again…"here comes the Judge.”
Not long ago, I had a video from You-tube on this blog. It was removed due to copyright protection. I wasn't even trying to do anything with it - just play it because I just thought it was a beautiful song.
When searching for the reason, I learned there are new laws in place because of the Internet therefore when you put a recording on your website or blog from which anyone can download it, you are performing an illegal act.
Imagine if I had been trying to make money off of it!
"vidagrams""breck waters"
