Category: Zone BBS Suggestions and Feedback
We pulled down a few audio profiles for exclusively using copyrighted material. These were ones that uploaded a song clip, comedy clip, etc. with no talking over it. If we removed one by mistake that you had permission to use, let us know and we can put it back. Sorry for any inconvenience.
I'm glad you did this. I think that audio profiles are to be able to hear what people sound like, not what coppy righted material sounds like.
Well you can put in whatever you want, for the most part, as long as it's yours or you have permission. BTW, some of the ones with original music are pretty cool.
afaik as long as the thing is less than 60 seconds in length it qualifies as fair use. That's how it was in Canada last I checked.
the use of material in the UK is intresting. if I had, for example, music playing in the background of my audio profile, I could call that insidental music and use it without seeking permissions, now, if i was to use that material with no talking over it, it would be considered a breach of copyright, intesting one that.
There is a fair use thing for audio clips, but I do believe 60 seconds is too much.
it cannot be more than 45 seconds i think thats what most web pages use plus if some is just having it on while they are talking that should be ok now if it is just the clip or what ever than there is a problem
Well, pretty interesting prople. We need to have some kind of discussiona bout the fair use of coprighted material. As long as the lip isn't excessive (and different coutries have different deffinitions on what they consider "excessive), you shouldn't have any problems. Copright is a thorny issue. While this may be off topic, take the recent extension that was granted Disney for rights of their cartoons and other works that were going to seek to be ein the public domain. Disney decided to lobby Congress in order to extend the copyright on such works. Why? Wimply because they want more money. Their should, for all practical purposes be reasonable limit on the number or royalties that an organization could receive from the use of copyrighted works.