Subject: Re: Question about using music samples in research From: Kevin Austin <kevin.austin@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 00:39:46 -0400 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>--Boundary_(ID_YxMvp5ubv6T9m6Svtjtc/Q) Content-type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable 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=92s 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 =A9nnnnn, 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@xxxxxxxx> = wrote: >=20 > Fatima=97 >=20 > 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. >=20 > Justin London >=20 > On Aug 25, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Fatima Husain <husainf@xxxxxxxx = <mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx>> wrote: >=20 >> 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. <mailto:elsa.camou.1.ctr@xxxxxxxx> >> University of Illinois >> husainf@xxxxxxxx <mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx> >> husainf@xxxxxxxx <mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx> >> www.acnlab.com <http://www.acnlab.com/> >>=20 >=20 > Justin London > Professor of Music (and other stuff), Carleton College > Affiliated Researcher, Centre for Music and Science, the University of = Cambridge > jlondon@xxxxxxxx <mailto:jlondon@xxxxxxxx> --Boundary_(ID_YxMvp5ubv6T9m6Svtjtc/Q) Content-type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable <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;" = class=3D""><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I am not = a copyright lawyer.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Copyright is not a single international law; it varies from = country to country.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">In some circumstances, using someone else=92s 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 =A9nnnnn, Used without written permission of the copyright = holder?</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">I am = not a copyright lawyer.</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Kevin</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><br class=3D""><div><blockquote = type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On 2015, Aug 26, at 7:46 AM, = Justin London <<a href=3D"mailto:jlondon@xxxxxxxx" = class=3D"">jlondon@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><meta = http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html charset=3Dwindows-1252" = class=3D""><div style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: = space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=3D"">Fatima=97<div = class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">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 class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Justin London</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""><div = class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Aug 25, 2015, at 3:33 PM, Fatima Husain = <<a href=3D"mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx" = class=3D"">husainf@xxxxxxxx</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite" = class=3D""><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div class=3D""><div = class=3D""><div class=3D""><div class=3D"">Dear List<br = class=3D""></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 class=3D""></div>These are 1-min samples and not = complete works.<br class=3D""><br class=3D""></div>Thanks in advance for = any help,<br class=3D""></div>Fatima <br clear=3D"all" class=3D""><div = class=3D""><br class=3D"">-- <br class=3D""><div = class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">Fatima T. Husain, Ph.D.<a = href=3D"mailto:elsa.camou.1.ctr@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank" = class=3D""></a><br class=3D"">University of Illinois<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank" = class=3D"">husainf@xxxxxxxx</a><br class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx" target=3D"_blank" = class=3D"">husainf@xxxxxxxx</a><br class=3D""><a = href=3D"http://www.acnlab.com/" target=3D"_blank" = class=3D"">www.acnlab.com</a></div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div></div></div> </div></div> </blockquote></div><br class=3D""><div apple-content-edited=3D"true" = class=3D""> Justin London<br class=3D"">Professor of Music (and other stuff), = Carleton College<br class=3D"">Affiliated Researcher, Centre for Music = and Science, the University of Cambridge<br class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:jlondon@xxxxxxxx" = class=3D"">jlondon@xxxxxxxx</a><br = class=3D""></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></body></html>= --Boundary_(ID_YxMvp5ubv6T9m6Svtjtc/Q)--