Copyright Issues When Using Music in Videos
Welcome to the digital age! Do you remember many years ago when trying to produce a video for your school took several thousand dollars worth of elaborate and bulky video equipment to make it happen? Now here we are in 2018, and with a very inexpensive digital video camera and some free software, you, yes even you can produce, publish and broadcast your video around the world – how exciting! And yet, how scary. I’ve attended many conferences and workshops where attendees learn to use the latest and greatest technology and are encouraged to incorporate their favorite songs in videos to make their production more captivating. After all, every great video needs music, and any that do not use audio for enhancement lack in professional quality. And this is the scary part – when a teacher or student uses a chosen piece of popular music in his or her video. In some cases based on hear-say, we as educators instruct them to use only 30 seconds or less of copyrighte...