Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!usc!apple!arc!arc!steve From: steve@Advansoft.COM (Steve Savitzky) Newsgroups: comp.graphics Subject: Re: Where to find tunes for a homemade video? Message-ID: Date: 3 Dec 90 18:00:52 GMT References: <1990Nov30.211649.7628@rice.edu> Sender: @advansoft.com Organization: Advansoft Research Corp, Santa Clara, CA Lines: 34 In-Reply-To: foo@erfordia.rice.edu's message of 30 Nov 90 21:16:49 GMT In article <1990Nov30.211649.7628@rice.edu> foo@erfordia.rice.edu (Mark Hall) writes: What is needed to include a musical piece in a video soundtrack as far as copyrights go? What you want is called "synchronization rights". You end up paying the composer, the lyricist, and their publisher a royalty, probably on a per-copy basis (I'm more familiar with the way things work in sound recordings; video's a bit different). Any TV station or whatever that *plays* your tape ends up paying a royalty based on the number of viewers--this is more expensive but is handled by whatever "performing rights organization" is handling the music (BMI for most rock/country/etc; ASCAP for most Broadway/Tin-Pan-Alley stuff). That is, if you can't talk Bobby McFarrin into doing an original tune for your soundtrack, what can you legally use? For instance, there was a Symbolics piece, "Ductile Flow", in the 1990 SIGGRAPH Film and Video Theatre that used a pop tune (I can't remember which). What would you have to do to use something like that? I see from your header that you're at a university. Start with your Music department. Also check out BMI/ASCAP, and the publisher of the music in question (their name will be on the recording). On a similar note, what about soundtrack libraries I see in video magazines? What are the typical costs of such things? (I assume it would be way too high for me). Any hints on who might have such a library (colleges? Libraries? ) Start by checking out your college's library, music department, and journalism department if any. Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, just an occasional amateur songwriter. Your mileage may differ. -- \ --Steve Savitzky-- \ ADVANsoft Research Corp \ REAL hackers use an AXE! \ \ steve@advansoft.COM \ 4301 Great America Pkwy \ #include \ \ arc!steve@apple.COM \ Santa Clara, CA 95954 \ 408-727-3357 \ \__ steve@arc.UUCP _________________________________________________________ Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com