{"id":865,"date":"2009-10-01T11:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-10-01T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/?p=865"},"modified":"2016-02-27T10:18:29","modified_gmt":"2016-02-27T15:18:29","slug":"what-are-the-legal-issues-related-to-lipdub-videos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/2009\/10\/01\/what-are-the-legal-issues-related-to-lipdub-videos\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the legal issues related to lipdub videos?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This week, I twittered about a lipdub video created by students at l\u2019Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec \u00e0 Montr\u00e9al. It’s a great look into the school’s communication arts programs and the various talents of the students. If you missed it, here’s the video.<\/p>\n

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Here’s another one of my favorite one-take videos done by students. Watch it in HD over at Vimeo<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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I’d love to do this here, in fact, we’ve been planning something similar even before the Montreal video hit it huge the last week or so.<\/p>\n

Here’s the big question that’s been we’ve been thinking about quite a bit. What are the legal issues relating to a college or university creating its own lip-dup video and using it as a promotional tool?<\/p>\n

I think it’s one thing if students create videos like this. What’s the worst that could happen? A take-down notice? Big deal.<\/p>\n

If the college does it with no regard for the legalities, our videos may be taken down but we may also be targets of litigation.<\/p>\n

So what are our options?<\/p>\n

Don’t do a lipdub video.<\/strong>
\nEasy.<\/p>\n

License the performance rights to the song or the original recording <\/strong>
\nThis is a strange and confusing legal realm. There are different sorts of rights you can purchase, including the song, a certain performance of a song, and so on.<\/p>\n

One the agencies that sells these performance rights is BMI. They have an entire section of their site<\/a> for colleges and universities (here in the US.) As I read it, and keep in mind IANAL, if we purchase an annual license from BMI, that covers things like public performances. From their website:<\/p>\n

Q: What Types of Musical Performances Does The License Cover?<\/p>\n

The BMI Music Performance Agreement for Colleges and Unversities covers, but is not limited to, live or recorded performances by or at the college or university\u2019s:<\/p>\n

* Internet or Intranet sites or services including webcasts of campus radio station broadcasts
\n* Regular campus radio broadcasts
\n* Cable TV Systems
\n* Sporting events
\n* Student unions
\n* Fraternities\/sororities
\n* Musical attractions (promoted solely by the college)
\n* Classrooms
\n* Fairs
\n* Festivals
\n* Fitness centers
\n* Athletic facilities
\n* Socials
\n* College bands
\n* College theater groups
\n* College orchestras
\n* Music-on-hold
\n* Special events such as orientation and graduation<\/p>\n

This license does not include:<\/p>\n

* Performances of music via any form of televised transmission, whether over-the-air broadcast, cable, satellite or otherwise;
\n* Dramatic rights (as defined in paragraph 2 of the agreement);
\n* Performances of music by a coin-operated phonorecord player (jukebox);
\n* Musical attractions on campus promoted by outside promoters;
\n* Musical attractions occurring outside of the premises, except as part of community outreach and educations activities;
\n* Performances by commercial radio stations<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Does that mean something like a lip-dub video hosted on a college’s website would be okay to do? Have you ever waded into this area at your college or university?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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