Last November Moby launched mobygratis.com, where he offers some of his music for free to be used by non-profit flimmakers and film students. Here’s a Sundance Channel interview with Moby about the service.
hi,
i’ll keep this brief.
this portion of moby.com, ‘film music’, is for independent and non-profit filmmakers, film students, and anyone in need of free music for their independent, non-profit film, video, or short.
to use the site you log in(or on?) and are then given a password.
you can then listen to the available music and download whatever you want to use in your film or video or short.
the music is free as long as it’s being used in a non-commercial or non-profit film, video, or short.
if you want to use it in a commercial film or short then you can apply for an easy license, with any money that’s generated being given to the humane society.
i hope that you find what you’re looking for,
moby
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This is a VERY needed service. I do a lot of music inspired videos. In fact ALL my videos from the past 10 yrs. have been music themed. However even for non-commercial work, it has been a fine line when using commercial music. I’ve resorted to writing my own music when absolutely required, but I don’t have the time to do that and the video.
I only with the site was a bit faster. Even when launched, it was slow. Sometimes to the extent that it is unusable.
Yeah, its neat and all, but why do you need my address and phone number moby, why?
Well actually Moby works for the Bush administration so it’s just a normal step. The site will help catch criminals who have certainly already violated copyrights before coming to this site.
But Moby makes a very good point!!! Filming copyrighted material… isn’t it breaking the original copyright of those products. I’m not talking in terms of the current Laws which are obviously flawed and written to protect the Entertainment industry. So were do you draw the line, and how should you allow others to use your work for other purposes than what your work was intended.
If using just a section of a movie, or a modified photography, or a portion of a music, how much are you violating that copyright??
Good night!