tuneitdown
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Just making sure, if I use beats I got from youtube I can distribute them and put it up online/do shows as long as I don't make money off it right? Since I dont have the rights to the music..? Thanks, I'm making a mixtape.
making money or not making is not the issue; it is whether the original owners/publishers want you to use their material at all, usually resulting in the take-down notices that carnage mentions, not only at soundcloud but also at youtube, vimeo and any other on-line distribution services
I see. But they wouldn't be able to sue me for using it since I didn't make money off it right? How I understand it they would only be able to go so far as simply bringing it down due to copyright and nothing more. And the beats I'm using are re-makes of the original beat I find on youtube, would these re-makes also count as copyright?
I see. But they wouldn't be able to sue me for using it since I didn't make money off it right? How I understand it they would only be able to go so far as simply bringing it down due to copyright and nothing more. And the beats I'm using are re-makes of the original beat I find on youtube, would these re-makes also count as copyright?
You can make your mixtape using whoever beats you want, even from famous songs. And you can put it up for ppl to download it for FREE.
Yet even though you're allowed to go ahead and stream your songs online and let ppl download your mixtape, the producer has all rights to say hey i want that song down (which doesn't happen often because they know you won't make any revenue) but yes technically its legal and all fine to put it out for free. Oh and monetization isn't allowed.
It really depends on what the owner of the song wants to do in the end. You can put out a mixtape, make no money and still get slapped with law suits and fines. I've seen people pay out 30k and up on mixtapes that didn't make a single dime. Why? Because the right holder had the power, good lawyer and strong case. Some will choose reap the payments from monetization others wont.
Prince and his camp are great examples.
This just got real, I didnt know they would take it that seriously, its just music comon we're havin fun lol. O well, not sure what to say to that haha. I guess I need to put up only original music now.
In reality if you are not making money off it they won't sue, although they couldThis just got real, I didnt know they would take it that seriously, its just music comon we're havin fun lol. O well, not sure what to say to that haha. I guess I need to put up only original music now.