Fair Use

[im.thatoneguy]

How much of a song can you use in a film before it falls out of Fair Use laws? All I need is about 2 or 3 seconds, the song would probably be recognizable. Does anybody have some guidelines on what does and does not fall under Fair Use when it comes to music?

 

[GenJerDan]

That doesn't.

But for something that short, you might be able to get a license cheap. Or even less.

Certainly less than the lawsuit would cost. ;^)

 

[im.thatoneguy]

Yeah the more I read up, I came to the conclusion that Fair-Use doesn't apply to short films with "commercial" intent as in... not for school work or the news.