Asked to steal

[Bill Davis]

Maybe try this.

Just say “I’ll happily to rip off this music, but first you’ve got to give me a copy of your car keys.”

They’ll ask “why?”

Reply that if you’re going to be forced into a game where it’s cool to steal from other people merely because it’s easy or convenient, you’d like to be fully prepared when the game moves to the next level.

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“Before speaking out ask yourself whether your words are true, whether they are respectful and whether they are needed in our civil discussions.”-Justice O’Conner

[Craig Seeman]

And don’t forget to tell them that when you take their car it’s OK because it’s only for internal use. Only family and friends will be passengers.

[Alan Lloyd]

I was on a festival judging panel several years ago, and a corporation had entered multiple issues of their internal employee “video magazine” for consideration.

They were wall-to-wall with things up to and including Sinatra and The Beatles. The responses from the panel to the first one were largely incredulity, but by the time we got to the third one, they had turned outright vicious.

And when I was freelance editing (different occasion) some years ago, a client wanted to use an easily recognizable pop song. I declined, citing potential liability. The facility owner concurred and backed me.

Don’t do it.

[Mike Smith]

You could offer the client that you’ll contact the owners of the rights with details of the project and ask for a prioe for clearance for the music.

[Craig Seeman]

[Mike Smith] “You could offer the client that you’ll contact the owners of the rights”

That’s a service you’d charge for given the time it would take. Rights procurement should not be a free service given what’s involved.

[Steve Wargo]

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