Creating our MV from movie is illegal?

[jamewoong]

Just wondering if it's legal to create music video clip from movies/series...?

Anyone know?

Thank you.

[EPiPH0NE]

As long as you keep your stuff iNTERNAL you should be fine. By law making ANY copy of copyrighted material without the written consent of the copyright holder is against the law ;)

[jamewoong]

Even if we credit the source (i.e. written that all contents of the video is copyrighted under that company)?

Hmm... That's strange... I see a lot of stuffs at youtube and it seems that they still have nothing.

Most of the time, music video clip is only uses less than 1% of the movies/series and it used for promoting a media.

P.S: That's mean, if you make a custom video (personal video or else) and want to add a music, you'll need to ask for permission!? If not, they can prosecute you?

[GodofaGap]

As long as you keep your stuff iNTERNAL you should be fine. By law making ANY copy of copyrighted material without the written consent of the copyright holder is against the law ;)
That at least depends on which country you live in.

The question is almost impossible to answer without knowing all the specifics. Can you get away with taking short clips from movies, putting music under it and uploading it to youtube? Very often, yes. Even if there is infringement at most the clip will simply be removed.

[EPiPH0NE]

That at least depends on which country you live in.

The question is almost impossible to answer without knowing all the specifics. Can you get away with taking short clips from movies, putting music under it and uploading it to youtube? Very often, yes. Even if there is infringement at most the clip will simply be removed.


I'm not saying that you can't 'get away' with passing along a small bit of someones copyrighted work, yes, it happens all day on sites like YouTube but at least where I live this is technically 'illegal' though rarely prosecuted.

[cdanddvdpublisher]

Even if we credit the source (i.e. written that all contents of the video is copyrighted under that company)?

Hmm... That's strange... I see a lot of stuffs at youtube and it seems that they still have nothing.

Most of the time, music video clip is only uses less than 1% of the movies/series and it used for promoting a media.

P.S: That's mean, if you make a custom video (personal video or else) and want to add a music, you'll need to ask for permission!? If not, they can prosecute you?

Just because they get away with it doesn't mean it's legal ;)

You could still be prosecuted for it, it just seems that they focus more on going after those who are distributing the full copies of films, particularly while they're still in first run theaters.

[foxyshadis]

Believe me, if you're the creator of a video and making any money (via marketing or otherwise) off a video, it won't matter whether you just posted it to youtube or a tiny DVD distribution, the clearinghouses will send lawyers after you to pay the small fees for including songs and song snippets if they hear of it. You can get around this in the US with fair use: political commentary on a piece, reviews, etc. But that doesn't stretch terribly far - simply being political in nature isn't enough, for instance.

[Ranguvar]

Illegal? Grey area, since it rides the fence of Fair Use.

[cdanddvdpublisher]

Illegal? Grey area, since it rides the fence of Fair Use.

Doesn't seem to strike me as a particularly grey area - except in cases where fans are encouraged to get involved. If you're distributing, it's best to know what the result could be.

[Bablorub]

As long as you keep your stuff iNTERNAL you should be fine. By law making ANY copy of copyrighted material without the written consent of the copyright holder is against the law ;)

Thats right it is. But it's fine within your frinds circle ;)