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EvalLin	Date: February 27, 2007 @ 12:52 PM I've made some Beastie Boys remixes, would it be copyright infringement if I uploaded them to my Dmusic account. I downloaded the a capella's from their website, so I don't think it would be.
EvalLin	Date: February 27, 2007 @ 12:54 PM Also, two of the songs have a 10 second sample, from a movie, and another from a show. Would I have to remove them?
Alstroph	Date: February 27, 2007 @ 2:39 PM If there are samples then it is not allowed. If you removed the samples then it would be okay
ShadowMom	Date: February 27, 2007 @ 4:43 PM http://help.dmusic.com/faq/view/43/ Am I allowed to upload music that includes samples? Yes, as long as you have permission to use them from the party that holds the copyrights.
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: February 27, 2007 @ 10:24 PM yes ... although I think that if he had the written permission from the Beastie Boys on corporate letterhead, he probably wouldn´t be asking this question !!!
BIR	Date: March 1, 2007 @ 8:26 PM Yea.. the Beastie boys a-cappella's are safe to upload,they gave you the right to re-mix all of the a-cappellas...but not to sell. Im gonna upload my Beastie Re-mix here @ DM... on a side note you can use any sample-from anything-in your music...but you can't sell it or have it as a download. I have a Beastie Re-Mix here.. http://www.myspace.com/bigimpactrecords
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: March 1, 2007 @ 9:03 PM Not sure this is quite true, we had this discussion before and the consensus was that you are less likely to be sued if you are not for profit but that this in itself was not enough to protect you in the unlikely event that a major artist discovered your use of the samples...Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin said he would sue anyone who sampled his music in an interview I read last year, whether it was released, performed in a nightclub in front of 10 people or just put on a demo mixtape. (which is kind of rich as the guy has been sued and lost or settled 3 or 4 cases where he had 'borrowed' some inspiration from some old time blues artists)
ShadowMom	Date: March 1, 2007 @ 9:15 PM IF the Beastie Boys give you express permission on their web site, then you have it. IF they did not, you may not upload music with samples to DMusic.
GeneHilbert	Date: March 1, 2007 @ 10:14 PM Jimmy Page would sue.......! How hypocritical is that coming from one of the biggest musical plagiarist of all time......
LiQuidMetamo...	Date: March 2, 2007 @ 7:21 AM Agreed ! (or should that just be GREED...) : rofl:
leflaw	Date: March 2, 2007 @ 7:34 AM If its a parody of the Beastie Boys (they must be the easiest group to parody in history) it is FAIR USE. see Campbell vs 2 Live crew ( Pretty Woman case)
wailingmiserere	Date: March 3, 2007 @ 11:27 AM As I remember, on the Beastie Boys website it says the acapellas are available for personal use, but as they also encourage you to discuss your remixes on their forum, I think that means you can host them on the web as long as you're not making money out of them. I did a Beastie Boys mash-up, it's here: http://www.myspace.com/franticthumb
PrincessTast...	Date: March 7, 2007 @ 10:47 AM The Beasties would know a thing or two about copyright... remember Paul's Boutique?
fireball87	Date: March 23, 2007 @ 4:21 PM On 3rd Mar 2012, wailingmiserere said: but as they also encourage you to discuss your remixes on their forum Or it could be that that makes it a HECK of a lot easier to find who to sue ;P
wailingmiserere	Date: March 23, 2007 @ 10:15 PM I never thought of that...

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