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That's a case by case distinction anyway. But as far as I can hear, "Dreams" does not use one short quote, but basically the entire melody of "Dreams" consists
by microtherion 7y ago
That's a case by case distinction anyway. But as far as I can hear, "Dreams" does not use one short quote, but basically the entire melody of "Dreams" consists of snippets of "Weaver of Dream" looped over and over again.
If you believe in music copyrights at all, this looks like an open and shut case of infringement to me. Plus "Dreams" is a godawful piece of music.
That said, YouTube represented this as safe to use, so it seems to me that the onus should be on them to work out a license and pay the associated costs. I'm sure Google can find enough change in their couch pillows to pay off the rightsholders.
- jedimastert 7y ago> If you believe in music copyrights at all, this looks like an open and shut case of infringement to me. There are some that truly don't believe that sampling copyrights should be a thing. They think it's just a way to stifle creativity. One could also argue that Dreams is so completely derivative that is bears little to no resemblance to the original recording it samples, and as such does not infringe on any intellectual property. > Plus "Dreams" is a godawful piece of music You opinions on a piece have no legal bearing on what does or does not constitute copyright infringement. The comment was completely unnecessary and uncalled for.
- microtherion 7y ago> There are some that truly don't believe that sampling copyrights should be a thing That's why I said "if". > One could also argue that Dreams is so completely derivative that is bears little to no resemblance to the original recording That's not what "derivative" means. > You opinions on a piece have no legal bearing on what does or does not constitute copyright infringement. Maybe not, but in light of your general point about "stifling creativity", it might be worth pointing out that this is hardly a good piece to highlight said creativity.
- emilecantin 7y ago> That said, YouTube represented this as safe to use This is the crux of the issue... As someone who's dabbled in video creation, I have other things to do than look around for "safe" music to use. If I can't even take YouTube's own word on what music I can use, what the hell is there left?
- qtplatypus 7y agoIt turns out that YouTube didn't represent it has being safe to use. Rather a channel misrepresenting itself as representing youtube did.