Hi!
I don't know if this topic fits here but I'll give it a try.
I've participated in a official remix contest where you get the stems for free and submit a remix.
I didn't win the contest though I'm still very happy with my remix and I've been sending it out to different people to for example use in their youtube-videos etc. They've been responding asking if I have all the rights to this remix, and my question is, do I?
I mean usually when you upload a track to Soundcloud and you doesn't have all the rights to the track, it gets put down immediately, but not this remix. So how does it work? Can people use this in their videos without any copyright problems?
(Here is my remix btw, I'm sure you'll find it interesting: https://soundcloud.com/djhillbom/david- ... lbom-remix )
Copyright and Remixes
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- KVRAF
- 1959 posts since 21 Sep, 2007 from The Infinite Void
I would imagine that when you downloaded the parts for the contest you would have received or agreed to the t&c. Is there a file in amongst the samples with this info?
My best guess is that the artist and/or the label own the rights to at least the parts from the original and that you won't legally be allowed to use it in the manner you describe without permission. That said though, when artists/labels make contests like this they do so knowing that people will share their entries in every possible way so probably expect (albeit unofficially) remixes to pop up everywhere and will likely not care.
In a nutshell, you'll probably be fine but technically its not allowed.
And yeah, this is totally the wrong area (should be in "everything else, music related").
My best guess is that the artist and/or the label own the rights to at least the parts from the original and that you won't legally be allowed to use it in the manner you describe without permission. That said though, when artists/labels make contests like this they do so knowing that people will share their entries in every possible way so probably expect (albeit unofficially) remixes to pop up everywhere and will likely not care.
In a nutshell, you'll probably be fine but technically its not allowed.
And yeah, this is totally the wrong area (should be in "everything else, music related").
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- KVRian
- 1063 posts since 28 Dec, 2012 from Boston area
Hmmm, if you or anyone you send it to is selling it or otherwise making money off it, I'd seriously doubt you have the right to do that.
In any case, the people to ask are the people who ran the contest, since they no doubt worked out an arrangement with the creators of the original tracks and the stems they distributed that were made from them. They might be fine with it, on the "any exposure is good exposure" theory, but but maybe not.
This isn't a matter of opinion or a reasonable thing to guess about. It's a legal question, answered in reference to the legal document(s) you agreed to when you downloaded the stems, and participated in the contest. The sponsoring organization may even own your remix.
As to whether they'd actually bother to sue you, depends on the size of splash you made, I'd guess. Kind of lose-lose -- no impact, no lawsuit, big impact, get sued.
In any case, the people to ask are the people who ran the contest, since they no doubt worked out an arrangement with the creators of the original tracks and the stems they distributed that were made from them. They might be fine with it, on the "any exposure is good exposure" theory, but but maybe not.
This isn't a matter of opinion or a reasonable thing to guess about. It's a legal question, answered in reference to the legal document(s) you agreed to when you downloaded the stems, and participated in the contest. The sponsoring organization may even own your remix.
As to whether they'd actually bother to sue you, depends on the size of splash you made, I'd guess. Kind of lose-lose -- no impact, no lawsuit, big impact, get sued.
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- KVRAF
- 6113 posts since 7 Jan, 2005 from Corporate States of America
Read the license provided by the source of the stems. It's VERY probable that you do NOT have rights to the remix. This kind of thing is normally called a "derivative work", and therefore the rights remain solely with the owner of the original (unless explicitly stated by them).
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