[vet-mm] Copyright

[peterfowler at optusnet.com.au]

Hi again,
This little section was lifted from Australian Copyright Council Information Sheet G38 Music: use in student films and home videos
Copying part of a piece of music or recording will in most cases infringe copyright, unless a special exception applies, or copyright has expired. This is so even if the part is a small proportion of the whole work. If the part is an important, distinctive or essential part of the copyright material, permission will generally be required.
I hope that this answers your question Glenn.
Yours Sincerely 
Peter Fowler
Swinburne Senior Secondary College



> Stuart James Bush <subscriptions at sjbsolutions.com.au> wrote:
> 
> Hi Glenn,
> 
> For the life of me, I can't seem to find my original reply to this e- 
> mail. Basically, quick answer, in school its fine, out of school, its  
> not.
> Finding royalty-free music to begin with or having students create  
> their own music would be a much better approach.
> 
> I've seen students create work thats been accepted into ATOM and have  
> struggled to find suitable music to replace their original chosen
> music. At university level, all music used needs to be created or  
> have direct written permission by artist. Now that podcasting is  
> becoming
> more and more popular, there are more artists that create "podsafe"  
> music. Again, students would have to approach the artist directly.
> 
> If you need further info about COPYRIGHT, contact your Library AV  
> person, they should be able to provide current documentation.
> Things are always changing, so keep posted!
> 
> Stuart
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