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 SOUND
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for Projects & Presentations:
Locating Royalty-free
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You're unlikely
to get sued for using copyrighted music in a school project
within the four walls of the school, but once you distribute
it more widely (YouTube, for example), you're treading on
shaky ground legally.
What you can do:
- Ask the permission of the copyright holder and get permission
in writing,
- compose your own soundtracks, or
- use out of copyright or royalty-free music.
Adapted from Jon Bounds. Windows
movie maker 2: zero to hero. Berkeley, CA:
Friends of ED, c2003.
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The
Library recommends several sources of royalty-free
music for student projects. Some are on CD and available
in the library (like those pictured), other sources may be
found on the web by following the recommended links at the
bottom of this page.
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The
library has a decent collection of royalty-free music
including the following genres: world music, classical,
holiday music, jazz, electronic, decades, themes, sound
effects, etc. |
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Click
here to find out tips for adding music to Powerpoint presentations.
Click
here for Ourmedia's recommended links for "podsafe"
and royalty-free music sources on the web.
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Locating
out of copyright or royalty-free downloadable music from
the web: |
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Incompetech.com
http://www.incompetech.com/m/c/royalty-free/
Search by genre, keywords, or
"feel". Free, though there is a suggested
donation of $5 per music piece.
"Can I use this music in
a Student Film? Commercial Film? Flash Animation? Instructional
DVD? Slideshow? Yes. Anything and everything - as long as
I get a credit." Kevin MacLeod, the webmaster.
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Brainybetty.com
http://www.brainybetty.com/soundsforpowerpoint.htm
Sound clips in Midi format for
PowerPoint presentations. Follow instructions given on
web site. Other free stuff includes video, templates, graphics,
etc.
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Freeplaymusic.com
http://www.freeplaymusic.com
If
you are using Freeplay Music for:
(1)
Personal Non-Commercial Use (Non-revenue generating).
This excludes broadcast use of any kind, including, without
limitation, web, blog, and podcast use; or
(2)
Educational, Non-Commercial use (this is limited
to student use on school grounds for in classroom projects-
non broadcast)
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American
Memory Project Sound Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/browse/index.html
Digitized
audio from the historic collections of the Library of Congress.
Check
this link for information on copyright and reproduction rights. |
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