Publishing Rights
The publishing rights to a piece of music is the person who gave permission for the recording to happen. It could also be the producer or the lyrics writer if that applies to the piece of music. These are the people you should contact if you wish to use the piece of music in your film, moreover you are more likely to get a response about using the music from the Publishing Rights holder rather then the artist themselves.
Recording Rights
Recording Rights is given to somebody who wishes to create a cover of the original song or an alternative version based around the original, recording rights can be obtained form the Rights Holder. The Rights Holder is the producer or the person that arranged the original recording. The Publishing Rights holder can also be contacted.
Clearing Music
Clearing Music for use in your film is a fair simple process if you contact the right people. Contacting the right people will get you the quickest response. To get Clearing you will need to seek permission from the Rights Holder these are the Composers of the music and the Lyrics Writer, if applicable, if you contact these people you are likely to get the quickest response.
Using Music After the Composer Dies
If the Composer of the music has been dead for over 70 years after composing the piece the copyright would have expired, this means there is no need to seek clearance for the composition. However you will need to obtain clearance from Rights Holder in the recorder.
Incidental Music
Incidental Music is music that is played in the background of a film to enhance the atmosphere or create a particular atmosphere. Moreover it can be added to create a mood or tension in the scene.
Creative Commons
Definition
A Creative Commons License is music that was created that can be shared, majorly online, and modified by the downloader. Some music is specifically made to be distributed under the Creative Commons License and some music is made into Creative Commons music.
Existence
Creative commons exists to protect artists from random people stealing and using their music on random bits of Media. Especially if that bit of Media gets shared through the Press without proper mention to the Rights Holder it could be catastrophic for the Artists and people involved with creating the music.
Different Types of License
Definitions from https://creativecommons.org/licenses/
Attribution CC BY
This license lets others distribute, remix, tweak, and build upon your work, even commercially, as long as they credit you for the original creation. This is the most accommodating of licenses offered. Recommended for maximum dissemination and use of licensed materials.
CC BY-ND
This license allows for redistribution, commercial and non-commercial, as long as it is passed along unchanged and in whole, with credit to you.
CC BY-NC-SA
This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms.
Attribution-ShareAlike
CC BY-SA
This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work even for commercial purposes, as long as they credit you and license their new creations under the identical terms. This license is often compared to “copyleft” free and open source software licenses. All new works based on yours will carry the same license, so any derivatives will also allow commercial use. This is the license used by Wikipedia, and is recommended for materials that would benefit from incorporating content from Wikipedia and similarly licensed projects.
Attribution-NonCommercial
CC BY-NC
This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon your work non-commercially, and although their new works must also acknowledge you and be non-commercial, they don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs
CC BY-NC-ND
This license is the most restrictive of our six main licenses, only allowing others to download your works and share them with others as long as they credit you, but they can’t change them in any way or use them commercially.
References:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creative_Commons
Your Choice of Music
Title: Clean Soul
Author: Kevin MacLeod - Incomptech
URL: http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kevin_MacLeod/2013/Clean_Soul_1793
PROOF OF USE:
I chose this piece of Music because I felt it completely fit the genre of the film that we were filming. Moreover I had used the soundtrack originally in my Animatic so I knew it was the right choice. The music was a great choice because I felt it fit the scene well and explained the narrative to the viewer, it was also engaging and made the viewer feel like they were engaged and involved with the story.
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