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misspeter
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 Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 10:13 am Post subject: borrowing a sound library |
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I have a few friends that have some pretty expensive royalty free sound effect/music libraries and are willing to lend them to me. The question, though, is if I can do that legally. Does anyone know offhand if this is allowed? Does it matter if it's a production that I will be paid for rather then a demo? If it's not allowed, is there any kind of loophole like renting the library for a dollar or something? Has anyone ever been asked to produce proof of ownership?
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Jeffrey Kafer
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imaginator
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absolutely check the fine print. i know i risk losing rights to what i paid for if i just hand over complete discs. you should at least try to make some sort of arrangement involving the person who is actually licensed so that he/she is a part of the production you're doing.
i provide music to another editing facility for tv shows they produce, but i'm editing the tracks here to their finished video and sending them a new composite track for them to use in the final mix. at least in my case, this satisfies the conditions under which i license the music from its owners.
in the long run, it's only a "problem" if you get found out. but why take the chance?
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davidmonteath
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| imaginator wrote: | | in the long run, it's only a "problem" if you get found out. but why take the chance? |
A bit like manufacturing nuclear weapons then. 
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Tom Test
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This is very good of you to ask. Positive Karma awaits you...
Jeff is correct, check the licensing agreement. If there's too much lawyerly gobbledegook in it, shoot an e-mail off to the sfx/music company and ask. My guess is that certainly if you are making money off this, it's not kosher for you to "borrow" it.
Another option is that there are music libraries that sell tracks individually.
There is a VERY good deal going on at Digital Juice - an entire volume of music for $17 http://www.digitaljuice.com/products/product_volumes.asp?pvid=8 I've used Digital Juice music libraries myself, and find them to be a great bargain. They are royalty-free.
Here are another handful I've heard about (though I can't vouch for them):
“The Music Bakery - www.musicbakery.com They have sound effects, too. You can download different versions of a single cut in wav or mp3, which is great. Soundrangers is where we find most of our effects - www.soundrangers.com Sounddogs is a decent site, too, but not as good - www.sounddogs.com . http://www.soundsnap.com/ free sfx ; www.music2hues.com”
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