Tuesday, April 21, 2009

"their music" can be publicly presented

Unfortunately for you, any music that's not your creation and that is
used in your video is considered "copyright infringement". The huge
music/media corporations like UMG, Warner and Viacom don't just
"own their music", they also "own the rights" to them -- that means
how and where "their music" can be publicly presented.

Thus, they're apparently 100% within their rights to claim the music
in your video as their own -- especially if you have not paid them for
"licensing fees", "distribution rights", "royalties", and/or "expressed
written permission" to use and "broadcast" their music on YouTube.

If you did use their music, that is considered part of the often-heard
warning: "Unauthorized duplication, reproduction, retransmission or
redistribution -- whether in whole or in part -- without the expressed
written consent of [insert company name here] is strictly prohibited.
All rights reserved. © " Their concern isn't just you but other people
who could conceivably download, copy or listen to their music "free"
and "on-demand" without ever having bought it, nevermind that your
video might be tarnishing the artist's image.

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