Subject: Re: Question about using music samples in research From: Justin London <jlondon@xxxxxxxx> Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 06:46:17 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Apple-Mail=_8B61C8E6-A916-4D34-B172-53A26E758BA0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Fatima=97 The main principles governing =93fair use=94 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 = =9330 second rule,=94 which is more a rule of thumb=97since 30 seconds = of a 3-5 minute song is likely to pass the =93not a substantial portion=94= of the work requirement. Justin London On Aug 25, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Fatima Husain <husainf@xxxxxxxx> 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?=20 > These are 1-min samples and not complete works. >=20 > Thanks in advance for any help, > Fatima=20 >=20 > --=20 > Fatima T. Husain, Ph.D. > University of Illinois > husainf@xxxxxxxx > husainf@xxxxxxxx > www.acnlab.com >=20 Justin London Professor of Music (and other stuff), Carleton College Affiliated Researcher, Centre for Music and Science, the University of = Cambridge jlondon@xxxxxxxx --Apple-Mail=_8B61C8E6-A916-4D34-B172-53A26E758BA0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dwindows-1252"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space;">Fatima=97<div><br></div><div>The main principles = governing =93fair use=94 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 =9330 = second rule,=94 which is more a rule of thumb=97since 30 seconds of a = 3-5 minute song is likely to pass the =93not a substantial portion=94 of = the work requirement.</div><div><br></div><div>Justin = London</div><div><br><div><div>On Aug 25, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Fatima = Husain <<a = href=3D"mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx">husainf@xxxxxxxx</a>> = wrote:</div><br class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div><div><div>Dear = List<br></div>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? <br></div>These are 1-min samples and not complete = works.<br><br></div>Thanks in advance for any help,<br></div>Fatima <br = clear=3D"all"><div><br>-- <br><div class=3D"gmail_signature"><div = dir=3D"ltr"><div>Fatima T. Husain, Ph.D.<a = href=3D"mailto:elsa.camou.1.ctr@xxxxxxxx" = target=3D"_blank"></a><br>University of Illinois<br><a = href=3D"mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx" = target=3D"_blank">husainf@xxxxxxxx</a><br><a = href=3D"mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx" = target=3D"_blank">husainf@xxxxxxxx</a><br><a = href=3D"http://www.acnlab.com/" = target=3D"_blank">www.acnlab.com</a></div><div><br></div></div></div> </div></div> </blockquote></div><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> Justin London<br>Professor of Music (and other stuff), Carleton = College<br>Affiliated Researcher, Centre for Music and Science, the = University of Cambridge<br><a = href=3D"mailto:jlondon@xxxxxxxx">jlondon@xxxxxxxx</a><br><br> </div> <br></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_8B61C8E6-A916-4D34-B172-53A26E758BA0--