BradSickels,
As Tarmack mentioned, there is no dispute you can use for the claim against your video. However, I watched it and here are the areas that stick out as the biggest issues, what would need to be done to resolve them, and then some advice on possible solutions in the future
Concerning your use of "I Think We're Alone Now," permission would need to be granted from Universal Music Group (UMG owns MCA) for the use of the recording, along with permission from whoever is in charge of the Ritchie Cordell's writer ownership and publishing that is associated with the composition. The same goes for OMD "If You Leave" in the credits. I believe Virgin Records is the label which is also owned by UMG (They own everything!). As you can imagine, getting permission and licensing these particular tracks can be very time consuming and/or expensive, or just impossible, considering their popularity. The reason some people can post with videos music UMG's music and some can't, depends on whatever UMG decides (with the exception of course of "fair use" but that's a different subject).
In the future you could instead license a track online through a library or approach musicians and songwriters with which to collaborate. I know it's tough to let go of music once it is set in a concept not to mention this particular video is based on the Tiffany song, but there is a lot of incredible music out there. It's quite often, even in major TV and film productions, that licensing roadblocks are hit in post production and songs have to be replaced.
Another area that is an issue would be the shots of the album covers in the beginning. Each of those images would need to be released by the copyright owners which are normally the record label and/or artist. Best way to avoid this is to just edit out that shot
Lastly, any logos and trademarks, such as the Bud Light logos on cans, would need to be cleared as well. If you ever notice on TV programming, logos are hidden, covered with tape, or just none exist ant on a product. In the future you could edit them out, or angle them away from the shot.
Hope this makes sense!
As Tarmack mentioned, there is no dispute you can use for the claim against your video. However, I watched it and here are the areas that stick out as the biggest issues, what would need to be done to resolve them, and then some advice on possible solutions in the future
Concerning your use of "I Think We're Alone Now," permission would need to be granted from Universal Music Group (UMG owns MCA) for the use of the recording, along with permission from whoever is in charge of the Ritchie Cordell's writer ownership and publishing that is associated with the composition. The same goes for OMD "If You Leave" in the credits. I believe Virgin Records is the label which is also owned by UMG (They own everything!). As you can imagine, getting permission and licensing these particular tracks can be very time consuming and/or expensive, or just impossible, considering their popularity. The reason some people can post with videos music UMG's music and some can't, depends on whatever UMG decides (with the exception of course of "fair use" but that's a different subject).
In the future you could instead license a track online through a library or approach musicians and songwriters with which to collaborate. I know it's tough to let go of music once it is set in a concept not to mention this particular video is based on the Tiffany song, but there is a lot of incredible music out there. It's quite often, even in major TV and film productions, that licensing roadblocks are hit in post production and songs have to be replaced.
Another area that is an issue would be the shots of the album covers in the beginning. Each of those images would need to be released by the copyright owners which are normally the record label and/or artist. Best way to avoid this is to just edit out that shot
Lastly, any logos and trademarks, such as the Bud Light logos on cans, would need to be cleared as well. If you ever notice on TV programming, logos are hidden, covered with tape, or just none exist ant on a product. In the future you could edit them out, or angle them away from the shot.
Hope this makes sense!
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