The Cellar - View Single Post - At what point are you legally obligated to pay royalties

slang · 07-24-2004, 07:42 AM

At what point in a protected song's duration are you legally liable for royalties. Is there a tme limit, say, you can distribute the first 20 seconds of a song without paying?

I'd like to make an animation with some popular songs playing in the background.

Is anyone up on this?

07-24-2004, 07:42 AM	#1
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	At what point are you legally obligated to pay royalties At what point in a protected song's duration are you legally liable for royalties. Is there a tme limit, say, you can distribute the first 20 seconds of a song without paying? I'd like to make an animation with some popular songs playing in the background. Is anyone up on this? __________________ FTFF Last edited by slang; 07-25-2004 at 06:35 AM.