Would music copyright laws affect me putting client's photo's into a slideshow with background music?
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You need permission from the copyright holder.  Even if you are not selling the DVDs, you are using the music for business purposes, to make money, so it is illegal to use it without permission.
432657
First, you have to own the rights to the show. If you don't you're breaking the law and could be prosecuted. No video site that I know of will allow content that you don't own, both moving images and music. If you do and can prove it, upload it to www.muzility.com.\n\nGood luck.
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You can use them unless they are not in one of these categories. I see that they are not.\n\nAlso try this site www.istockphoto.com You can license an Image for as less as 1$. \n\n------------------\nAlthough these examples do not represent an exhaustive list, you are not permitted to do any of the following with the photos, clip art, font images etc. (“Media Elements”) in the Software Product:\n\n    * You may not sell, license or distribute copies of the Media Elements on a stand-alone basis or as part of any collection, product or service where the primary value of the product or service are the Media Elements.\n    * You may not use or distribute any of the Media Elements that include representations of identifiable individuals, governments, logos, initials, emblems, trademarks, or entities for any commercial purposes or to express or imply any endorsement or association with any product, service, entity, or activity.\n    * You may not create obscene or scandalous works, as defined by federal law at the time the work is created, using the Media Elements.\n    * You must indemnify, hold harmless, and defend Microsoft from and against any claims or lawsuits, including attorneys’ fees, that arise from or result from the use or distribution of Media Elements as modified by you.\n    * You must include a valid copyright notice on your products and services that include copies of the Media Elements.\n    * You may not permit third parties to distribute copies of the Media Elements except as part of your product or service.\n-----------------------\n\nhttp://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HP030900871033.aspx\n\n-------------------\nMicrosoft maintains a huge collection of free clip art. For instance, if you want to add a flower, Microsoft has more than 1,000 designs. The clip art collection is available to registered users of Word. You'll find it at Microsoft Office's ClipArt Gallery.\n\nMicrosoft also offers free templates for letters, labels and forms. They're located in the Template Gallery. (Most run in Word, although some require other software programs. For example, the project management templates require Microsoft Project 2000 or a later version.)\n--------------\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/australia/smallbusiness/issues/running/productivity/word.mspx
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the images are copyrighted, so there are limits on how you can use them for public and private use
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it's best to assume that all pictures are copyright protected coming from a website.\n\ni recommend contacting each website (if you REALLY want to do it correct) and request them allowing you to use the pictures.\n\nmostly, you need to just document where the picture is from.  you would either do that next to each picture on the slide, or have a slide at the end saying where each picture came from.
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Legally, yes. However, he would need a signed model release to use the photos for any commercial (non-journalistic)venture.\n\n(Decency, however, would dicate that he/she ask for permission. If you are concerned, simply confront him/her. A photographer may have simply found the scene very artistic (kids having fun are a joy to photograph) and decided to take a few shots. If you talk to him/her, chances are that he/she would even share some of the resulting shots with you.)
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Midi's can also be copyright protected. There are certain conditions and stuff to using Midi's from certain sites, so you should check those before you jump into it.\n\nIf it's a midi of your creation, then there's obviously no catch. But people could use it if there wasn't anything against it.
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It's been a while since I read up on this, but copyright law does allow for a "fair use" clause -- where if your production is a parody, or is for educational purposes, you should be ok.\n\nAnother thing is to contact the copyright holder and ask for permission.  I've done this several times in the past and to my surprise I've received said permission.
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it depends on the particular picture.  if the picture is in the "public domain" then you are free to  duplicate it and use it as you wish.  typically copyrighted work enters the public domain 50 years or so after the creator's death, so most public-domain stuff is old.  images of the mona lisa, for instance, are public domain.\n\nsome copyrighted works lately have been distributed under some special licenses - for instance, the "creative commons license" allows for mostly free use, but i think you have to credit the creator.\n\nmost of the time if you want to use a copyrighted image, you have to contact the creator of the image and ask for their permission to use it.\n\nthere is an exemption to copyright law in the united states called the "fair use" doctrine which applies mostly to educational use.  if your blog is part of an educational project, you may be able to use it legally.\n\nif none of these special cases apply, you are probably in violation of copyright law.  however, odds are that nobody's going to care or even notice.  this kind of thing happens all the time on the internet since digital files can be copied so easily.  however, it's been known to happen - lots of owners of disney fan-sites have received cease & desist letters from disney's lawyers for displaying images of mickey mouse, for instance.  (no kidding)\n\nthe one thing you definitely shouldn't do is link to the image on someone else's site.  this is especially true if your blog is high-traffic, since every visitor to your site downloads the image from some other poor schmuck's web server.  most people pay for internet hosting by the gigabyte, which means you are costing someone money if you do this.  so don't.  it's mean.
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The photographer owns the image unless they are working under some written agreement. They can't use your image for advertisement without your permission.
377186
No...it is copyright infringement....I would seek permission first....and then you can acually sell the permission...lol...and make a profit.\n\nCopyrights are very easy to obtain...and there is not always a record of it. BE CAREFUL.
493857
it would be illegal. even if the music is never released or the artist is dead the musician still holds the copyright to this, from the moment they put the music on tape. you can't make money off of their work. it is up to them to release it.
981034
Probably not unless you get permission from the various establishments, especially if you are planning to make money from them. They may have let you take the photos but using them for personal financial gain is a different kettle of fish - the establishments themselves may be using similar images to make money in their shops and these would be covered under copyright. Always get permission first.
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Hi!\nActually you do not need any kind of licensing to do this, but I would recommend you to register your pictures under Copyrights that way you can avoid "somehow" people to copy your artwork! :) Additionally if you are seriously planning to do create this kind of business you are talking to the right person as I'm a professional web-designer, because I can make online-payments before downloads! :) Just contact me : gio@gomezsolutions.com. Take care!
507090
Somewhat, you can make it very difficult for them.  You can use a flash album creator to make the picture show in flash.  The user can still do a screen shot capture but it will be lower quality.  The best solution is to use flash and then put a watermark over the picture that says sample or even your web @dress. So even if they steal it , it has your logo/addess over the front of it.
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You cannot use someone elses work for your personal gain without permission from them.  This would include the photo of Mother Teresa.  I don't know about your windows font, but anything that it copywritten would be out of play for you.  And remember, many things are automatically copyrighted upon creation - and it does not have to have the (c) or the TM next to it.  The second a photographer takes a picture, it's copyrighted to them.  The second a novel is put to paper (or computer screen) , it is copyrighted to the author.   \n\nYou also would not legally be able to use another company's image, logo, or similar on your products.  For example - you can't take a coca cola logo from their site (or anywhere) and put it on your shirts.  Simply changing the color of it won't cut it.  It can't confuse an average person into thinking that Coca Cola licensed their image.  \n\nGood luck to you in your business!
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Chances are that it'll be illegal if you aqquire the music for free. Don't try it unless you know the artist has allowed the song to be distributed for free over the internet, otherwise you could face legal charges.