Although the issue of using copyrighted music has been brought up many times, I constantly see videos and slideshows (that have been turned into a video format) with well known, obviously copyrighted music uploaded to Active Rain, You Tube and many other sites. Recently, Christmas music - everywhere! In fact, it seems sometimes it's the majority of videos that have obvious copyrighted music as a background soundtrack.
YOU CANNOT DO THIS!
Copyright issues online are being brought front and center recently, and if you think you won't get caught - think again!
If you want music for a background for a virtual tour, a video or use on your website, it's simple to just Google "royalty free music". There are plenty of companies that will sell you completely royalty free songs in any genre to accompany your tour. Granted, many are expensive ($25++ per song), but you can use it repeatedly with no repurcussions whatsoever. There are even some sites that offer free music, although most is a step above rollerskating music!
To cheap? To lazy? YouTube now offers this service for free! It's called "Audio Swap". Just upload your video to YouTube. Go into the 'edit your video" area, and there is a choice of "Audio Swap". You can choose the length of your video and have YouTube automatically substitute your ILLEGAL music for something that is royalty free! You can choose the genre or the artist. It will [permanently] replace the audio track with legal, royalty free music - just like that! [instructions]
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