I am not a copyright lawyer.
Copyright is not a single international law; it varies from country to country.
In some circumstances, using someone else’s material without their permission is considered theft. As a member of an evaluation panel, what would you say to a student or researcher who used material that they had not obtained permission to use? Would the notice say ©nnnnn, Used without written permission of the copyright holder?
I am not a copyright lawyer.
Kevin
Fatima—
The main principles governing “fair use” of material in your context are (a) that the usage is for scholarly and/or educational purposes (i.e., non-commercial), and (b) that you are not making use of a substantial portion of the original work/recording. This has led to the “30 second rule,” which is more a rule of thumb—since 30 seconds of a 3-5 minute song is likely to pass the “not a substantial portion” of the work requirement.
Justin London Dear List
This may be a somewhat naive question - we would like to use commercially available samples from different music genres for a pilot study. What are the copyright issues we should be aware of when generating stimuli? These are 1-min samples and not complete works. Thanks in advance for any help, Fatima
Justin London Professor of Music (and other stuff), Carleton College Affiliated Researcher, Centre for Music and Science, the University of Cambridge jlondon@xxxxxxxxxxxx
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