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slang · 07-24-2004, 01:49 PM

Good thinking but not in this case. The song is actually a disco version of a song from 1988.

This particular un-named song lends itself to the storyline of as animation that lasts about 2 minutes. There are moans, shouts in pain and synth solos that make it fit all that much more into what I have in mind.

The portion of the song is only the "buildup" for the actual song though. It's obvious what song it is even before the "real song" starts though, so it seems that it wouldn't fit into SM's description of fair use.

The climax of the proposed animation is having a 50 cal round, shot by a marine sniper team in Iraq (or somewhere in the middle east), explode the head of OBL. Not exactly someting I'd like to go through the hassle of explaining, let alone trying to get legal permission for.

Would using the music with no affilliation or identification possibly decrease the chances of litigation?

This is more complicated than I expected and I havent even started the modeling for the animation.

07-24-2004, 01:49 PM	#7
slang St Petersburg, Florida Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,423	Good thinking but not in this case. The song is actually a disco version of a song from 1988. This particular un-named song lends itself to the storyline of as animation that lasts about 2 minutes. There are moans, shouts in pain and synth solos that make it fit all that much more into what I have in mind. The portion of the song is only the "buildup" for the actual song though. It's obvious what song it is even before the "real song" starts though, so it seems that it wouldn't fit into SM's description of fair use. The climax of the proposed animation is having a 50 cal round, shot by a marine sniper team in Iraq (or somewhere in the middle east), explode the head of OBL. Not exactly someting I'd like to go through the hassle of explaining, let alone trying to get legal permission for. Would using the music with no affilliation or identification possibly decrease the chances of litigation? This is more complicated than I expected and I havent even started the modeling for the animation. __________________ FTFF Last edited by slang; 07-25-2004 at 06:35 AM.