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Re: Question about using music samples in research




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





On 2015, Aug 26, at 7:46 AM, Justin London <jlondon@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

On Aug 25, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Fatima Husain <husainf@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

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

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Fatima T. Husain, Ph.D.
University of Illinois
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Justin London
Professor of Music (and other stuff), Carleton College
Affiliated Researcher, Centre for Music and Science, the University of Cambridge
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