Comments on: Restricted Use of FreeplayMusic.com audio in video blogs

By: Jimmy G

Jimmy G — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 19:30:46 +0000

Thanks so much for the nice compliments. If I could figure out how to raise up in search results for “free royalty-free music” perhaps I’d have more of an impact. For not there is a HUGE difference between “royalty free” and “free royalty free”.

My intention with the site is merely to help build my own network. Plus to give back to an Internet generation that have given me so much…

Thanks again, your comments are highly prized by myself. I do appreciate it very much! ;)

Jimmy

By: jaydj

jaydj — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:48:32 +0000

informative post. royalty free music isn’t generally understood by the public and mistakens “royalty-free” as “free to use”. Royalty free basically means that after securing rights to the audio (usually by paying a one-time fee), you don’t need to pay anything afterwards for use, no matter how many times. “non-royalty-free” means that even if you’ve paid the initial fee to secure rights to use it, you still have to pay royalties for usage for it’s lifespan which can be paid either by duration or views.

The best and safest way to use music in vlogs is to create your own. Of course, not everyone is a musician, but still, there are ways of creating music. Experiment and have fun !

That’s also why http://www.yougottech.com uses originalmusic for its soundtrack… actually, ako nagcompose and nagrecord nun. ;) hehehehe!

By: Fritz

Fritz — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 17:28:08 +0000

Registering for use of your music is, yes, the least we can do to be grateful. Thanks for sharing your compositions in exchange for a minimum attribution requirement. I haven’t used them yet, though, but the fact that they’re readily there for royalty free use shows greatly of your kindness. I’ve got to agree with the quality. Top notch. Thank you, thank you, thank you, and more power to your music!

By: Jimmy G

Jimmy G — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 16:17:46 +0000

Thank you for the clarification on this issue. Is registration a bad thing for users do you think? Since I force a registration, I may be losing people? I have yet to send out even an informative email yet, however.

I figure for the value of the music I’m giving out for free with the CC license, requiring registration is the least that someone could ‘pony’ up for…

Thanks again,

Jimmy G

By: gimmeabreak

gimmeabreak — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:42:00 +0000

Are you trying to make a living as a musician? No?

But you want to use struggling artists’ music for your precious vlog – for free.

And then, smugly blast the forces put in place to protect musicians from theft.

It’s people like you who caused Stephen Foster’s early death, starved and penniless.

By: letsgosago

letsgosago — Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:53:42 +0000

thanks for the informative post!

By: rgbconnections

rgbconnections — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 05:47:47 +0000

try ko nga to.. thanks sa info. ;)

By: Fritz

Fritz — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 10:24:20 +0000

I could have sworn that rate card wasn’t even there yet when I first used their music. Then again, I may have just grabbed a song and used it since some sites I visited claimed that FPM will let you use theirs so lang as you attribute. Audiomarks could make their lives easier, yes.

By: Neil

Neil — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 09:34:43 +0000

Geez. The name really says it all–FREETOPLAY but not FREETOUSE. Boo. :(

Thank you very much for the enlightening post, Fritz. This truly is a MUST READ for aspiring vloggers out there (tingin sa kaliwa’t kanan) or to those who plan to produce flicks with their, umm *only* free-to-play/stream/download-then-delete music files.

Oh yeah… what about those students who’ll use their files as BGM for their short flicks? Or it’s another issue? :D

By: ManuelV

ManuelV — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:25:49 +0000

From what I’ve seen, “royalty free” means you usually pay a single fee no matter how many times your site visitors play the music. This is different from Incompetech’s “free” music (although attribution is still expected).

Perhaps the lesson here is to ask first for permission, or get a license of sorts, before the music is used (whether for final use or a trial comps).

And as for FreeplayMusic.com, I wish they would put an audiomark on their mp3’s. That way, people will get permission first and be given the mp3 without the audiomark.

I mean, that’s better than springing a request for a retroactive license on people, right?

(Other companies offering royalty free music use audiomarks.)