Re: using copyrighted audio during an experiment

["R. Zatorre, Dr." <robert.zatorre@xxxxxxxxx>]

greetings

We have used real recorded music for several experiments. But we either bought the recordings ourselves or used recordings bought and paid for by our participants (who brought them to the lab for the purpose of the study). Once you have the recording, you are allowed to play it aren't you? Isn't that the whole point of buying a recording, so you can listen to it? So I'm not sure why it would make a difference if you have a CD and play it during a party, or play it while someone is inside an fMRI scanner, as we have done (except that the party is more fun).

Then again, if you ask an intellectural property lawyer you might get another answer. 

Let us all know if you find out anything different; but so far none of us who have used such stimuli have been arrested or fined ;)

Cheers

Robert Zatorre
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill University
514-398-8903
fax: 514-398-1338
www.zlab.mcgill.ca
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From: AUDITORY - Research in Auditory Perception [AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of John O'Connell [johngerardoconnell@xxxxxxxxx]
Sent: October 1, 2012 7:40 PM
To: AUDITORY@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: using copyrighted audio during an experiment

Hi,

Check out this paper:

Plink: "Thin Slices" of Music
Author(s): Carol L. Krumhansl
Source: Music Perception: An Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 27, No. 5
(June 2010), pp. 337-354
Published by: University of California Press
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1525/mp.2010.27.5.337 .

You might send a mail to Carol Krumhansl, perhaps she has already
looked into the whole copyright mess and can offer you some advice...
The experiments detailed in the paper featured music from the
following familiar names  (I'm pretty sure it is all copyrighted ;)

Britney Spears
Aretha Franklin
Britney Spears
Red Hot Chili Pepper
The Police
Michael Jackson
The Beatles
Nirvana
The Police
Eagles
The Beatles
Journey
Jimi Hendrix
Outcast
The Ramones
Coldplay
Led Zeppelin
Bob Dylan
Aretha Franklin
The Beatles
Jimi Hendrix
Madonna
Madonna
Louis Armstrong
Rolling Stones
Rolling Stones
The Clash
Will Smith
The Ramones
Amy Winehouse
Bob Marley
Outcast
Eagles
Bob Marley
Simon & Garfunkle
Led Zeppelin
Red Hot Chili Pepper
Will Smith
Amy Winehouse
Journey
Katy Perry
The Beatles
Simon & Garfunkle
Queen
Nirvana
Katy Perry
Bob Dylan
Guns N’ Roses
Queen
Louis Armstrong
Guns N’ Roses
Coldplay
Michael Jackson
The Clash
U2


Regards,

John


2012/10/2 Kevin Austin <kevin.austin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>:
> I am not a copyright lawyer.
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> Copyright is a national regulation and varies from country to country. I
> would suggest contacting the owner of the copyright for permission.
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> Kevin
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> On 2012, Oct 1, at 9:47 AM, Rob Ellis wrote:
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> Dear list,
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> Does anyone have a source for what constitutes "fair use" of musical stimuli
> (either commercial recordings or MIDI versions of commercial recordings)
> during an experiment or clinical trial? Can one use up to X seconds of
> material, an entire movement or song, etc?
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> Any insights are welcome!
>
> Regards,
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> Rob Ellis
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