Re: GEN: Copyright

["S. Griffith" <afn11720@AFN.ORG>]

When I was in grad school my video production teacher said schools could
use music w/o obtaining permission

Sandy in Florida
Media Specialist, Mulberry Middle School
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afn11720@afn.org

On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, David Lininger wrote:

> Colleagues:
>
> Our media class would like to be able to use some popular songs in our
> weekly school news show. We have attempted to contact various record
> companies to request permission, and so far not one has even answered us.
> This simply encourages the students to use whatever they want without
> asking. One of the students even found a fair use web page, which has a
> section that would imply that they can use small portions without further
> permission. This is what they found:
>
> 4.2.3 Music, Lyrics, and Music Video
> Up to 10%, but in no event more than 30 seconds, of the music and lyrics
> from an individual musical work (or in the aggregate of extracts from an
> individual work), whether the music work is embodied in copies, or audio or
> audiovisual works, may be reproduced or otherwise incorporated as a part of
> a multimedia project created under Section 2. Any alterations to a musical
> work shall not change the basic melody or the fundamental character of the
> work.
> http://www.libraries.psu.edu/mtss/fairuse/guidelinedoc.html
>
> Do the rest of you interpret this the same way?
>
>
> David Lininger (KB0ZKE), LMS
> Hickory County R-1 Schools
> Rt 1, Box 838
> Urbana, MO 65767
> mailto: tss003@mail.connect.more.net
>
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