30 Nov
2011
30 Nov
'11
2:31 p.m.
onsdagen den 30 november 2011 13.47.21 skrev Julien Claassen:
Hello everyone!
I'd like to cite from a relatively recent work (1970), which of course is
still copyrighted. So can I do it per se? I'd just like to cite a main
phrase for a bit (2-4 bars) I suspect. any hints on that would be very much
appreciated.
Hard to answer, and it depends of the context. If just one beat from that
phrase is significant for the melody, then you might run into trouble. On the
other hand, you can (if I understands everything right) often cite several
seconds of a song without paying royalties when for example showing or
reviewing song.
Here is links to some (hopefully blind friendly) documents that might help
you:
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/music-royalties.htm/printable
http://www.alankorn.com/articles/sampling.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
Hope that helps
Jostein