kryten
Wannabie Member
Re: I'm so lonely
I get what you're saying and I agree to a certain extent. I think they should allow their music to be used in videos as long as a link is provided for people to buy the song. A lot of music labels do that already which is why sometimes you'll see itunes and amazon links below the video. Ironically I actually work for one of the companies that doesn't allow that. It irritates the shit out of me because they're constantly bitching about money and laying people off but they're missing out on a major revenue stream.
What you shouldn't be allowed to do though is use music and monetize the video. By doing that you're getting for free what big movie producers have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for. The music labels can't really justify charging usage fees to movie producers if they let the average joe with a camcorder use the same music for free.
If you want to use music the best thing to do is search for the song you want to use on Youtube. If you see it on Youtube and it's been there a while go ahead and use it, especially if it has an itunes link under it. Those are the songs owned by the labels that have allowed Youtube to use their content as long as they provide download links. Just don't monetize those and don't be surprised if later it gets taken down when the label's agreement with Youtube ends or changes.
Nerb said:
I get what you're saying and I agree to a certain extent. I think they should allow their music to be used in videos as long as a link is provided for people to buy the song. A lot of music labels do that already which is why sometimes you'll see itunes and amazon links below the video. Ironically I actually work for one of the companies that doesn't allow that. It irritates the shit out of me because they're constantly bitching about money and laying people off but they're missing out on a major revenue stream.
What you shouldn't be allowed to do though is use music and monetize the video. By doing that you're getting for free what big movie producers have to pay hundreds or thousands of dollars for. The music labels can't really justify charging usage fees to movie producers if they let the average joe with a camcorder use the same music for free.
If you want to use music the best thing to do is search for the song you want to use on Youtube. If you see it on Youtube and it's been there a while go ahead and use it, especially if it has an itunes link under it. Those are the songs owned by the labels that have allowed Youtube to use their content as long as they provide download links. Just don't monetize those and don't be surprised if later it gets taken down when the label's agreement with Youtube ends or changes.
