Hi Theo, On Jun 13, 2013, at 4:32 AM, Theo de Raadt <dera...@cvs.openbsd.org> wrote:
> My feeling is that using our songs for such commercial/marketing > purposes is not very nice. Clearly even if you put it into the > credits, the people it reaches won't know what they are because you > are effectively saying it is your own. Or that you bought it. That's > what other companies normally do after all, buy pablum to use as > pablum. > > I know you are asking for what you should do for credits if you do so, > but the implication is that the songs will be used as 'stock music'. > > Stock music is not what the volunteer or paid musicians were creating. > I think the use you suggest violates the spirit of the music, deeply. I agree on the main lines. I was anyway thinking that: * tech folks will surely recognise some songs (Lyrics are after all explicits..) => let's have fun between us (the commercials are for technical products linked to the digital cinema business - there's some techs there too) * that music is good music anyway, so let it have a chance to compete with general stuff (where there is some nicety too of course) But I'll end up (of course) with the OpenBSD decision: so. let me "know the final answer" :) Cheers, -- lem >> I did not find the information in the OpenBSD homepage nor in the cvs/songs >> directories so I feel sorry to bother you with this probably unusual >> question but… Is that possible to use some OpenBSD songs as sound reel for >> commercials? >> >> The company I'm currently working for is preparing a show and did some video >> about some company products - but still no sound/music in background. >> >> As the time dimension of Marketing boys seems to greatly differs from the >> real world one, they are in a hurry of course to find something decent as >> the sound reel… >> >> So I did made a mockup using some OpenBSD song and … they just find it >> somewhat cool (exact reactions varies from WTF to Great, which indicate me >> that even if Marketing, they are still human of the Real World when ending >> to a so important thing like Music). >> >> So my question: can we "freely" use some of the songs as music band for the >> company commercial with your prior agreement? >> -> If so, what do we need to place as credits? >> ( If not, no matter: at least some of the marketing guys did discover >> some other good/great music out there ;) >> >> Tia for any answer. >> >> Cordialement / Best Regards / Saludos >> -- >> Olivier Lemaire >> Highlands Technologies Solutions >> http://www.h-t-solutions.com/ >> >> >> >> This email has been verified by Google Postini filtering system >> > This email has been verified by Google Postini filtering system
