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“If An Artist Samples Less Than 3 Seconds Of A Copyrighted Song, It Falls Under Fair Use..." I was told this one by a high school instructor, and figured it wa
by unimpressive 14y ago
“If An Artist Samples Less Than 3 Seconds Of A Copyrighted Song, It Falls Under Fair Use..."
I was told this one by a high school instructor, and figured it was BS.
I should probably forward this to him; for his students sake.
It's pretty funny how rumors about things manage to spread so well. Stuff like a "three requests" policy sounds plausibly convenient enough for people to imagine it's true. I can only assume this is because the reality of copyright law is; frankly nuts.
- chris_wot 14y agoIf you forward this to your professor you'll be correcting unsubstantiated assertions with... unsubstantiated assertions.
- unimpressive 14y agoYes, he (the author) is absolutely wrong on fair use, at the same time; in the context of making commercial media I can't fault the "get clearance" advice. The legal penalties if the court doesn't like your fair use argument are steep. The real reason for the forward would be my cynical evaluation that handling the issue honestly (eg: Actually explaining fair use and that the metrics he cites aren't rules at all.) would just end up with him writing off 3 second samples as fair use per his convenient reading of the law and repeating the same advice unfettered. It's easier to get people to do the right thing for the wrong reason.[0][1] [0]: Though it's a lot harder to divert course later once you've employed this method. (http://lesswrong.com/lw/uz/protected_from_myself/ http://lesswrong.com/lw/uz/protected_from_myself/) [1]: That's not something I do often, either.
- chris_wot 14y agoYou'd be better off forwarding him the actual fair use statute, and get him to tell you why he believes 3 second samples are legal under fair use.
- unimpressive 14y agoThat's probably a better idea.