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From: [e-mail] (Jeffery S. Jones)
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Subject: Re: Demo Reels -- illegal music?
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On 05-Apr-96 11:04:21, Ted Stethem <[e-mail]>
wrote:
>On Fri, 5 Apr 1996, Paul Goldberg wrote:

>> Best bets in the production music category are the Music Bakery CD's
>> [$45] and Fresh Music [same, with a discount for quick payment].
>> They qualify, IMHO, for airplay nationally as well as to drive home
>> our work.
>>
>  There are also several sources of royalty-free music, kind of like
>  the
>royalty-free photograph CD's, around. There was even one included with
>an  issue of VTU a few months ago from Chameleon Music and they had
>some kind  of special offer for VTU subscribers. Their CD's weren't
>dirt cheap,  around $100, I think. But there are several pieces on each
>one.

  Chameleon's package deal was $250 for 12 CDs, or about $22 each.
Their individual pricing I think is $30-35 each.  They are pretty cheap
for decent-quality buyout music.  The music is a mix of acoustical and
synthesized, doesn't sound anything like "elevator music", and the
themes are cut to programming lengths, about 3 minutes for full themes,
plus a :60, :30, :15, :05 lengths.  Very useful, worth the money.

>  What is the opinion on the use of .MOD music for demo tapes?  To me,
>they seem to be easier to use, since they are usually pretty short,
>just  right for demo animations but they usually have that "computer
>music"  quality to them. I like them but I don't know how other people
>would  receive them.  Also, the rights for .MOD's seem up in the air.
>There are  so many zillions of them and I don't recall anybody
>attaching a copyright  notice to one.

  As far as MODs go, the quality varies, but some would work just fine
as background music.  I don't think that the good ones have any more
"computer music" quality than MIDI files & players have.  You should run
them through a mixer, however, to balance the left and right channels,
and possibly, add a bit of reverb, to make them sound more "live".  I
find those mods using "live samples" rather than synthesizers work best
for this.

  As to copyrights, it is hard to tell.  Some MODs do have copyrights
from the authors, or at least, a notice of author ownership.  But if the
composition is copyrighted, then even though the MOD doesn't mention
that fact, you still are in violation if you use it.

  MODs of popular music are an obvious case.  The creator of the MOD is
very unlikely to have had permission to release a commerical performance
of the music, and you cannot use it in your commercial productions
without violating the copyrights.

  MODs which originated on games also are usually copyrighted (almost
always).


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