Subject: Re: Question about using music samples in research From: Jont Allen <jontalle@xxxxxxxx> Date: Thu, 27 Aug 2015 03:54:58 -0500 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY>There is something called "fair use" that bypasses copyright law. If you stay within these bounds of fair use, and that is intentionally vague, they wont touch you. It seems to me (I also am no copyright lawyer), that Fatima's need is well within "fair use" guidlines. As Keven says, this is all country dependent. But I would suspect that "fair use" is a pertty general concept. My advice to you Fantima, is to move on and do what you need to do. Look at utube. You can listen to just about any song, from start to finish. Go figure. The 30 second rule of thumb is about as good as the 3 second rule when you drop food on the floor. Its a rule of thumb, and it means nothing. Again thats my opinion, not more. Jont On 08/26/2015 11:39 PM, Kevin Austin wrote: > > 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@xxxxxxxx >> <mailto:jlondon@xxxxxxxx>> 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@xxxxxxxx >> <mailto: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? >>> These are 1-min samples and not complete works. >>> >>> Thanks in advance for any help, >>> Fatima >>> >>> -- >>> Fatima T. Husain, Ph.D. >>> University of Illinois >>> husainf@xxxxxxxx <mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx> >>> husainf@xxxxxxxx <mailto:husainf@xxxxxxxx> >>> www.acnlab.com >>> <https://urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=http-3A__www.acnlab.com_&d=AwMF-g&c=8hUWFZcy2Z-Za5rBPlktOQ&r=N7KKV9mcvQqNgAal48W_vzPUNrKl5mBxlJo8xP9z028&m=xS8u-a9-_ZeX8OdlwNMtaJaLd19fQ2gal9xZH4-wz8g&s=hzeA0T7QiQWzPhPlbYUhqIIBOdd6AtSMmzhYO1yvqMk&e=> >>> >> >> 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>