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Nice site! The documents and video images are great.

One question, what's sonnyboo stand for?

Thanks Peter!

Does anyone else know of royalty free FREE music anywhere?

I commend Peter on sharing...if I could do that kind of stuff and had the time, I would! Thanks again Peter...

Clay

<<<-- Originally posted by Michael Wisniewski : Nice site! The documents and video images are great.

One question, what's sonnyboo stand for? -->>>

Sonnyboo stands for... Sonnyboo. It's the name of our mascot.

http://hometown.aol.com/mruckman97/sonnyboo/sonnyboo.htm

Thanks for visiting & I'm glad this stuff can help out.

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More royalty free msuci can be found at:
http://www.freeplaymusic.com
http://www.compositeur-arrangeur.com

as discussed in my article on Indei Film & Music
http://www.sonnyboo.com/downloads/indiemusic.htm

Not to rain down on anyone's parade, but you cannot use that
DVD logo image. The DVD logo is copyrighted and you need to
pay for usage of it (as far as I know). I also highly doubt it is
legal to slap that FBI warning on a disc.

<<<-- Originally posted by Rob Lohman : I also highly doubt it is
legal to slap that FBI warning on a disc. -->>>


Usage of the DVD logo for home use falls into the "common usage" laws. If you want to slap it onto a DVD that you are selling, then beware. It costs $10,000, as your disc has to be approved for DVD standards and get the logo. It's much like how JVC owns the VHS logo, but it's reached common usage too. It's also been argued (in court) that by using a DVD recorder and DVD blank discs, both had already poaid for the DVD logo, you "inherit" the right to use the logo since both the burner and disc were already standardized. Again, the decidion fell to "common usage" laws because it was not for some huge profit.


As for the FBI titles - one I typed myself and I hereby grant usage, and the one with the actual FBI logo is completely legal to use.


Does the forecast still call for rain, or can we call the firetrucks and the marching band?

There are no Common Usage Laws, but rather it is a defense that can be applied. In other words you can try to get out of your civil and criminal charges with a common usage defense.

JVC rigorously defends their VHS trademark and the DVD org is ramping up their attacks on counterfeit discs. I suspect most people's productions will fall under their radar and avoid prosecution. But when you release a product, you'll never know who will see.

when a ruling goes in favor of the defense, it becomes LAW.

...should this be moved to the business section or can we all just talk about more free stuff???

The stuff on the site is still free.

http://www.sonnyboo.com/downloads/filmmaker.htm

I guess some people don't like free stuff....

Everyone likes "free stuff," but you should have the right to give it away. Laws are not created by the successful prosecution or defense of a statute or law. A considerable volume of information (http://www.dvinfo.net/conf/showthread.php?s=&threadid=9613) has already been written about this subject by intellectual property attorneys that visit the site (a big thanks to Paul Tauger).

This discussion will remain here for now, so that people who visit the site and download the logo etc. are aware of the potential liability.

<<<-- Originally posted by Peter John Ross : when a ruling goes in favor of the defense, it becomes LAW. -->>>

It might become precedent, but not law.


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.

Precedent is the principle in law of using the past in order to assist in current interpretation and decision-making.

Okay, though I'm more interested in the free stuff, here goes . . .

There's no such thing as a "common usage" law. Copyright infringement is strict liability.

Precedent is law, but . . . a District Court decision is not binding precedent, meaning no other court has to follow it. An appellate court's opinion is binding on the circuit in the court sits. It is not binding on courts in other jurisdictions. If the Supreme Court rules, then it's binding everywhere.

Fair use determinations are always fact specific, so a decision in favor of the defendant can not necessarily be extrapolated to anyone else.

Buying a DVD gives no rights to the DVD logo.

So, with that out of the way, where did the music come from? I'm a royalty-free addict, always desparate for more.

Thanks again, Paul.

Paul, what is the difference between COPYRIGHTS and TRADEMARKS?

Paul, what is the difference between COPYRIGHTS and TRADEMARKS?
Copyright right protects original works of authorship from unauthorized copying, distribution, alteration or public performance. It protects only the expression itself, not the idea embodied by the expression.

Trademark protects a work or design (and, occassionally, a sound or combination of colors) that is used in commerce to identify the source of goods or services.

Depending on the particular device, something can be protected by both trademark and copyright.

Thanks. I think it's good to differentiate between the two.

<<<-- Originally posted by Paul Tauger : Buying a DVD gives no rights to the DVD logo.-->>>

Why would you want to bother putting the DVD logo on a DVD anyway?

Dennis Vogel