Comments on: 7 Misconceptions About Licensing Music Legally Vs. Stealing

By: Mike Wise

Mike Wise — Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:59:00 +0000

I want to license “Home” by Phillip Phillips. I’ll be darned if I can find a source or process to do that. Any suggestions? Thanks so much.

By: Oliver Suckling

Oliver Suckling — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:22:00 +0000

It may be illegal but 90% of the videos I watch on this site use copyright music in the background.

It annoys me when I spend hours listening to terrible royalty free songs to find the one good one to use on my bts videos and other ‘big name’ photographers just stick the latest pop song in the background and seemingly get away with it.

This area of law seems so grey I could use it to white balance.

By: thelastnight ofyourlife

thelastnight ofyourlife — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 03:16:00 +0000

Stealing and copyright infringement are morally and legally two entirely separate things. When the title of the article doesn’t even get it right, the credibility of the advice given in the rest of the article suffers. How about constructing an article that will elevate the knowledge of these essential issues for photographers, instead of putting out RIAA talking/media points?

By: louisleblanc

louisleblanc — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 01:30:00 +0000

Better analogy, using unlicensed music for comercial purposes is like having a band steal one of your pictures and use it as their album cover and sell t-shirts of it.

By: Michael Warth

Michael Warth — Sat, 21 Jul 2012 05:02:00 +0000

Don’t forget to support local talent. There are a lot of great musicians without record deals who would be willing to work out a usage agreement. Be sure to get it in writing though.

By: Henry Orth

Henry Orth — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 23:35:00 +0000

Really worth watching

By: Daniel McCarthy

Daniel McCarthy — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 18:28:00 +0000

Thanks Nathan

By: muellerworks

muellerworks — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:24:00 +0000

Great link!

By: Nathan Puhr

Nathan Puhr — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:07:00 +0000

I just wish Songfreedom.com would get better music. I feel like they aren’t even listening to the music they have been adding lately. About 15% of their music is decent but I spend more time weeding out the crappy music then I do editing. If they would offer the quality of music that http://www.themusicbed.com has for the same $25 a song then they would have something.

By: Adam Temple

Adam Temple — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:57:00 +0000

This guy puts the copy write laws in their place
http://www.ted.com/talks/rob_reid_the_8_billion_ipod.html