Music Copyrights to my New Reel

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    it can be considered "fair use" or "fair dealing" for a personal reel or even a studio's. its not as if you are selling the video or using it in a strickly commercial scenario. promoting your own work to potential clients is NOT a commercial use it would be if you were using the music in a trailer for a film or something that is subsequently a commercial production.

    Really the worst that could ever happen is the rights holder sends a cease and desist, your response can be to tell them its fair use and they should appreciate the exposure and creative application of the song or just be polite and cooperate. like 99.8% of the time they will not take issue because its a common and FAIR practice again so long as its just a promotional reel.

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    • Promoting your work to clients is not commercial use? It's very much commercial use.
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    • incorrect. the reel is not a commercial product and there is no competitive nature to its use.uuuuuu
    • how sure are you about it not being falling on the legal side of 'commercial use' exactly?Miguex
    • Not intuitively speaking, but STRICTLY LEGAL speakingMiguex
    • its not commercial because its not being sold, its just being used in a reel.uuuuuu
    • its basically a creative and personal application not a commercial oneuuuuuu
    • its also not being used to sell the content of the video just the service that the studio is offering.uuuuuu
    • a film company for example couldn't technically use a track without permission in a reel of their films they are trying to sell to a distributoruuuuuu
    • ...to a distributor or at the start of their movies. LIke "hey check out our awesome movies...!"uuuuuu
    • thats a commercial use. arguably if they just used it once for a presentation or on a private promo disc its fair thoughuuuuuu
    • So, if I'm a plumber, can I put any song in my commercial? I'm not selling the commerical, or the song. Just my plumbing services.
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    • services. My future plumbing services.
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