We’d like your opinion about whether to expand our production music library to include more contemporary vocal music. This new offering would be mainly singer/songwriters who are looking to place their music as soundtrack in film/video productions. If you are experienced with the indie music found on sites like myspace then you will have a [...]
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Should UniqueTracks license more contemporary vocal music as royalty free music?
March 12th, 2010
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Don’t ignore copyright infringement
December 14th, 2009
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Just pointing out a great article by Patrick Ross at copyrightalliance.org that argues against the prevailing current of opinion that “Copyright owners should accept infringement as a reality and pursue other paths for compensation” The article is titled Infringement is Real, Ignoring it is Unreal Here’s a brief quote… But it’s disingenuous to argue as [...]
FreeCreditReport.com Jingle Power
June 23rd, 2009
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FreeCreditReport.com is running at least six commercials featuring a down-on-their-luck rock band singing in various settings bemoaning the fact that their credit is bad. The actors are obviously musically talented, the drummer actually knows how to play drums, you can tell by looking at him. I found out that the singer is a French [...]
The true cost of “free” on the Internet
May 11th, 2009
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Interesting article about the true costs of “free” on the internet… Mega-sites like YouTube and Facebook face huge operating costs and they are not recouping those costs using the advertising model. Though these businesses are immensely popular, they are not generating profits. YouTube, according to Credit Suisse, will lose $470 million this year. But [...]
Goodbye Virgin Megastore – Music Industry in Crisis
April 28th, 2009
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Walking through the giant Virgin Mega-store on 14th St and Broadway in Manhattan today, I couldn’t help but feel sad about the rapid demise of the record industry. Unlike Walmart, which sells music essentially as a loss-leader and stocks only a very limited “hot” list, the Virgin Mega-stores, much like now-defunct Tower Records before them, stocked [...]
The many angles of Fair Use in copyright
April 1st, 2009
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A recent article in the New York Times draws into focus the many differing interpretations and perspectives surrounding copyright law’s doctrine of Fair Use.
The article describes how three separate parties, a young musician, Google’s YouTube service and the Warner Music Group became entangled over the use of the Christmas classic “Winter Wonderland”
Seven new Royalty Free Music CD Releases from UniqueTracks
September 27th, 2008
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UniqueTracks is happy to announce the release of 7 new royalty free music titles. We’ve also added every song from each new album to our online library
HD Quality Sound Effects collections from Blastwave FX
June 24th, 2008
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UniqueTracks is now distributing Blastwave FX Sound Effects Libraries on hard drive. These multi-gigabyte libraries are the ultimate creative palette for media professionals in post, broadcast, film, commercial television, video games, interactive and beyond. There are four Hard Drive products: SONOPEDIA – The Encyclopedia of Sound Effects With 20,000 royalty-free HD sound effects ranging from [...]
Yoko Ono loses copyright suit over use of Lennon’s Imagine
June 20th, 2008
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On June 2nd, the judge in the copyright infringement case Yoko Ono brought against the creators of the film “Expelled” for their use of John Lennon’s song Imagine has ruled in favor of the filmmakers based on a the “fair use” doctrine. U.S. District Judge Sidney Stein rule that “the doctrine provides that the fair [...]
Fair Use of Lennon’s Imagine in Expelled?
May 27th, 2008
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Yoko Ono’s attempt to get an injunction against the film “Expelled: No Intelligence Allowed.” will shine a much needed light on current interpretations of the “fair use” provision of copyright law. Fair use is easily the haziest and least understood aspect of US copyright law. Yoko Ono (and EMI and Capital Records) is seeking to [...]
