I'm aware of general copyright rules,but how come I seem to see a lot of promotional videos for small companies or events that feature commercial songs? I highly doubt some of them have payed for the license for some of these songs. For example, here's one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sKJLLtEmWwU I highly doubt they purchased the license to use the theme tune from the Godfather for their video...
Is it simply the case that although these people are breaching copyright, the companies that own the music simply don't care?
I am creating a promotional video for a small Cafe, the video will most likely be uploaded to Youtube or Vimeo and posted on their website and facebook. I'd really like to use the song Mr Sandman by the Chordettes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDXT7wC9jrc but a cover version of the song. I know I'd still have to get the writes from whoever wrote the song. Is there a website to find out how to go about getting the license for certain songs? I probably won't be able to afford paying for the license but I'm just curious to see how much they would charge.
I could just use the song without the license as Youtube wouldn't block it since it's a cover version. But is this something that could come back and haunt me in the future? I've seen a lot of videographers on vimeo using commercial songs that I'm pretty sure they haven't got the rights for. Is it something you can get away with???
I may end up just getting an unsigned artists music..
Is it simply the case that although these people are breaching copyright, the companies that own the music simply don't care?
I am creating a promotional video for a small Cafe, the video will most likely be uploaded to Youtube or Vimeo and posted on their website and facebook. I'd really like to use the song Mr Sandman by the Chordettes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDXT7wC9jrc but a cover version of the song. I know I'd still have to get the writes from whoever wrote the song. Is there a website to find out how to go about getting the license for certain songs? I probably won't be able to afford paying for the license but I'm just curious to see how much they would charge.
I could just use the song without the license as Youtube wouldn't block it since it's a cover version. But is this something that could come back and haunt me in the future? I've seen a lot of videographers on vimeo using commercial songs that I'm pretty sure they haven't got the rights for. Is it something you can get away with???
I may end up just getting an unsigned artists music..