Using Video Copilot Proscores in a movie - bad idea?

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Oller Visuals

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For the price, there's som really high quality stuff in there. Especially the layered music, with strings and such; this is tempting to mix into tracks of their own.

Say I would use this in a feature film... isn't there a pretty high chance that someone out there has already used Proscores with sync lincensing on youtube etc? Ie, I would not only risk of getting automated copyright strikes on my video, but also the potential of someone claiming the rights to something that sounds similar, because it was *too* based on Proscores... so someone could say "hah, I used those strings too, it's sounds very similar, so now I'll sue you!"

I mean, this would be an argument against using any royalty free stuff in the first place, isn't it? Because you can always change/modify something (very little, or very much) and then the work is your own. Music, pics, videos, whatever. Even if it's under some kind of free license, there's always that risk of something something?
 
I would say royalty free is royalty free. If you use the tracks in a movie and you purchased the rights who can stop you? Am I missing something?
 
If somebody else shops at the same store, they can’t claim copyright infringement because you’re wearing the same socks.

The risk you take with using royalty free libraries certainly is that somebody else may have used that music, but that’s not a copyright issue. It’s just an originality issue. You and the other person both legally licensed use of that track. It’s that simple. Besides, if only one person could license a track from one of those services and then nobody else could use it... how would royalty free library services be able to continue doing business?

There’s a lot of repetition out there. Seriously, watch some TV for an hour or so. Do you know how many different products are using Vampire Weekend’s “A Punk” in their commercials? Or Portugal. The Man’s “Feel it Still”? Those songs are everywhere right now. It happens, even with big budgets licensing popular music.
 
When I think of this topic, I see Quinten Tarantino who is king of non-original movie scores. He makes it work, and I'm sure his team puts a lot of effort into it. And I'm sure they spend some coin doing it, but really, making a movie at his level with canned music seems pretty C.S.
 
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