Copyright issues.....

I''m not an expert on australia copyright laws (nor on US copyright laws). It would probably be illegal, but I wouldn''t worry too much if there is limited distribution.


Mike

It''s not pirated or anything like that. And at the beginning and/or end of the animation I would acknowledge copyrights, and it would not be for commercial purposes.....still I''m not sure... But that''s basically it...

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"640K ought to be enough for anybody." -Bill Gates 1981

I suppose it''s technically illegal, but would anybody care?

However, if your animation is to help you get a job, I suppose you would have to be very careful to make sure that the people looking at it knew you weren''t trying to pass it off as your own work, but were rather using is to back up the animation itself.

Most companys don''t activly pursue individuals abusing copyright for non-comercial use, as that makes no sense (in terms of possible damages) at all.

To dimitri_gamer:

Ask for permission!
I think the creator of a piece of original work has the right
to decide where it is to be used.

quote:

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Technically, pursuit of employment may be ''commercial'' (IANAL). Entering a contest that has a prize (worth $$) is commercial use

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Would that mean that I can''t use my educational version of 3DSM to create the content for these competitions. I attend the TAFE (Tertiary and further education) college in Australia and entered a comp with prize money using academic versions of photoshop and MAX. Yes I know it''s a tough one. I was just hoping that someone who had legal expertise or had done an animation short before could tell me.

So I have to abide by Australian laws of course, but the group who I want to use the song from is Irish (The Corrs). And when it comes to job interviews I wouldn''t be claiming their work as mine obviously.... I suppose I''m fishing for the answer that I want (that it''s legal) but at this stage it looks like I''m making a silent movie . That is unless I can get alternatives or whatever.

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"640K ought to be enough for anybody." -Bill Gates 1981

The spirit of the law (at least in the UK, I think it will be the same most places) is that if you are costing people money, you will get punished.

I.E. Copying a game for your friend Bob means that you are effectively robbing the game company of the money that Bob would have spent on the game had you not interfered.

In other words, if people are going to listen to your animation just for the music, because they don''t want to spend on the CD, the music company will care.

However, if you advertise them a little - put links to places where you can buy the CD the music was taken from, for example, they probably won''t have much of a problem. They might silently thank you.

As for the purely legal side of things, I don''t know.

Superpig
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Hmmm.... Thanks for the advice...it could be helpful...
I might do two versions of the animation, one with the music for resume use and one without for any competition I might enter....

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"640K ought to be enough for anybody." -Bill Gates 1981


Edited by - dimitri_gamer on November 28, 2001 6:59:05 PM