[Discuss MovieFest] Music in your Movie

[Jo Booth - MovieFest]

On 14/08/2008, at 17:14 , Lucas Sachs (paraox productions) wrote:
> Hello
> I was woundering about one of the recources on your sight called  
> freeplay. is the music on the freeplay website legal to use in our  
> MovieFest short films? or will we be disqualifed, just asking  
> because  thought it might have copywright infringements. Also when  
> will the registered teams list be available?
>
> Thanks
>


The license on Freeplay <http://www.freeplaymusic.com/> allows free  
synchronisation (use on a film production that is broadcast or  
screened) as long as you provide a compliant Music Cue sheet listing  
the music used and it's timing.

An example of this is at
<http://www.ascap.com/musicbiz/cue_sheet_corner/pdf/SampleCueSheet.pdf>
eg:

    Sample Music Cue Sheet
Series/Film Title: Urban Skies          Company Name: Urban Skies  
Productions
Episode Title/Number: Grape Soda (#12)          Address: 7920 Sunset  
Blvd., L.A., CA  90027
Estimated Airdate:1-12-99          Phone: 1-800-662-4490
Program Length: 60 minutes          Contact: Chris Moll
Program Type: Comedy series          Network Station: Showtime
Cue # Cue Title Use* Timing Composer(s) Affiliation / % Pulisher(s)  
Affiliation / %
1 Urban Skies Theme MT 0:16 Rhonda Sims (ASCAP) 100% Urban Skies  
Music (ASCAP) 100%
2 Running Home BI 0:08 Rhonda Sims (ASCAP) 100% Urban Skies Music  
(ASCAP) 100%
3 Backwards Love BI 0:13 Rhonda Sims (ASCAP) 100% Urban Skies Music  
(ASCAP) 100%
4 Uptown BI 0:09 Rhonda Sims (ASCAP) 100% Urban Skies Music (ASCAP) 100%
5 Skies the Limit BV 1:03 Terry Oakley (ASCAP) 33 1/3% Terrycotta  
(ASCAP) 33 1/3%
Larry Joyce (PRS) 33 1/3% Larry Joyce Music (PRS/ASCAP) 33 1/3%
Ennio Blake (APRA) 33 1/3% Ennio B. Music (APRA/ASCAP) 33 1/3%

It is recommended best practice to do this sort of thing for all  
productions - and ensure you have clearances for all works used - be  
they performances, images or sound. We would only require you to  
produce the clearances if there was a question about your movie.  
Refer also to <http://MovieFest.org.nz/guidelines> and <http:// 
www.freeplaymusic.com/faq/freeplayquestions.php>
We do have clearance forms available if you don't have one yourself.

As for the list of teams - most of you will have received an email  
confirming your registration - and an invite to the entrants mailing  
list.  If you haven't - you may have recently sent it in - or your  
contact details on the registration form may have been entered  
incorrectly or have a bad email address.  I did get a number of  
bounces.. but I also have about 10 recent ones I haven't yet  
processed, and one bad cheque :|

When I get some time - I'll double check a few entries

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