thewarcc wrote:The problem is that the music you're using is probably copyrighted (not uber sure). I tried to submit a vid for a contest too but lawrence told that you CAN'T use copyrighted music.
Well, I do belive that this would fall under
Fair Use if it is copyrighted, as "the material you have taken from the original work" (has) "been transformed by adding new expression or meaning". In this case, the song (I honestly have no idea where or what it is from) has had the meaning changed by applying it to the lack of players in the non-FvF zones, rather than the original work that it was applied to.
As far as I can tell, submitting this in the contest would not create in instance where it "deprives the copyright owner of income or undermines a new or potential market for the copyrighted work", as the original artist is not participating in the contest (so they are not deprived of income), and the original artist probobly wouldn't be making vids for Ryzom to begin with (so they are not deprived of market).
Moreover, if the audio clip in the vid is not the entirity of the original clip, or the audio had some original video that is now removed, then the lesser portion used would be more of a fair use. An acknowledgement of the source material would probobly help tip the vid towards fair use, though.
Still, kind of a bummer that
the restrictions have been placed, as there's a heck of a lot that parody or subtle references with movie/othergame/whatever music could do.
PS: (sorry for such a late post, but this stuff takes _forever_ to find solid information on)
Well, have to go and sniff out unlicensed stuff then...
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