Obtaining music rights.

[YungJazz]

Anybody know how to get the rights to licensed music? There's a song I NEED for my new movie.

[DrRumack]

contact the creator/copyright owner

[shitturtle]

just credit them, maybe with a link to their website/myspace.
you shouldn't have to buy license rights at this level.

[Gmagnum]

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[rtil]

just credit them, maybe with a link to their website/myspace.
you shouldn't have to buy license rights at this level.

even if it's non-commercial it's still infringement
you don't have to always pay for licenses

anyway, with signed bands you'll need to get ahold of someone from the label - the band cannot help you and they're usually impossible to directly speak to. if they're independent on the other hand it may be easier, although they still usually have legal people to contact for issues like this.

but if this pursuit is commercial, things could get a lot more complicated.

[Gmagnum]

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[Loathsome]

it was a lie?

[rtil]

anyway, with signed bands you'll need to get ahold of someone from the label - the band cannot help you and they're usually impossible to directly speak to. if they're independent on the other hand it may be easier, although they still usually have legal people to contact for issues like this.

how long (and how much of a  pain in the ass) did it take you to get Junior Senior's permission after devArt deleted Move Your Feet?

actually...it was really, really easy. i contacted their label and someone got back to me within a few days telling me the band and their PR dept was totally cool with it.

and why wouldn't they be really? it's free publicity for their music. that's why it's usually easy to get permission to use music for non-commercial, non-defaming purposes. $0 advertisments in their eyes.

[YungJazz]

I see. Thing is, I want to use Newgrounds' API in the movie, so that pretty much counts as commercial use. That probably means I'll have to pay, right?

[rtil]

..most likely. they may either ask for money or turn you down. or you could get lucky and they may not care. or you could take a risk and not tell them it's in there. technically you're not selling a product and the ad is not part of your cartoon, but i don't know enough about law to tell you the legality of it all. in any case, i am really against using things like the API, but if you think you're going to make substantial money off of it i suppose it's worth the fiasco

[Gmagnum]

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[YungJazz]

i am really against using things like the API, but if you think you're going to make substantial money off of it i suppose it's worth the fiasco

Well, this will be my first time, so if there's something you know about it that i don't, please tell me. I know it's probably not incredibly lucrative, but what's wrong with it other than that?

[rtil]

the legal issues don't have much of anything to do with it for me, people have been stealing on that site and getting away with it for years. from a personal standpoint, with newgrounds being so absorbed already with things like internet stats and scores and rankings, i think adding money to the whole mix simply makes it that much worse of a site and encourages people to sell out. because in reality the only people who are making any tangible profit from it are "newgrounds partners" like egoraptor.

[Daveb0t]

There once was a woman who once was a man
Who thought that he did but did not understand.
There once was a hermit who held in his hand
The heart of a lonely and unattached man.
There once was a soldier who stood in the sand
Saluting the sun when he wanted to dance.
There once was a butcher come back from the dead
He opened his mind and took poison instead.
There once was a weaver who wished for a fool
To live down below her and hand up her tools.
There once was a species who filled up the world
With lust, love, confusion, talk, tacos, and turds.

[Gmagnum]

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[rtil]

no, i've found i don't like to make holiday themed - much less newgrounds holiday themed - cartoons. sure i think some people deserve money for support, but those people never get a real piece of the pie. newgrounds is a haven and a cash cow for videogame parody

[f0d]

i contacted ohio arts for rights to use the etch a sketch in my short film... they waived the $100 fee because i was a student at ucla, all i had to do was send them the movie. too bad i didnt because im a lazy gay

i still gotta do that come to think of it lmao ima go email them again right now

no, i\\\'ve found i don\\\'t like to make holiday themed - much less newgrounds holiday themed - cartoons. sure i think some people deserve money for support, but those people never get a real piece of the pie. newgrounds is a haven and a cash cow for videogame parody

this^^^

only newgrounds holidays worth celebrating are star day and daily day

[psi43]

the legal issues don't have much of anything to do with it for me, people have been stealing on that site and getting away with it for years. from a personal standpoint, with newgrounds being so absorbed already with things like internet stats and scores and rankings, i think adding money to the whole mix simply makes it that much worse of a site and encourages people to sell out. because in reality the only people who are making any tangible profit from it are "newgrounds partners" like egoraptor.

the api is only good for either viral flashes that will spread like fuck (metal gear awesome, charlie the unicorn etc) or games. Games, as soon as they hit the frontpage, will get "stolen" by about 500 websites, which is really great if you put an api in there.

[GRINACE]

From Api:

DISCLAIMER: FEEL FREE TO USE ANY AND ALL OF MY MUSIC FROM NEWGROUNDS IN YOUR PROJECTS. I DO NOT NEED A PM FIRST. I HAD 87 UNREAD MESSAGES ASKING TO USE A TRACK OF MINE. I ASSURE YOU IT IS OK AS EVERY TRACK ON NEWGROUNDS IS PUBLIC DOMAIN.

okay now?

[Daveb0t]

only newgrounds holidays worth celebrating are star day and daily day

Is christmas cancelled this year?