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[-] Lightdm@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago

No, they just put it as background music in their videos, but didn't actually pay for it. I would guess it constitutes fair use?

[-] PapaStevesy@midwest.social 56 points 2 years ago

Luckily, copyright law is based on guesses!

[-] ARNiM@lemmy.world 19 points 2 years ago
[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 17 points 2 years ago

Fair use is context based. There is no simple yes or no answer.

[-] Syntha@sh.itjust.works 19 points 2 years ago

In this case there is. Background music is not fair use.

[-] FaceDeer@kbin.social 4 points 2 years ago

And in many cases it's not. But not in all cases. For example, this sketch is a parody of this scene from the O. C.. It uses copyrighted music as background. Parody is fair use.

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