The deal with FreePlay

[Charles Martin]

> From: rainydaypictures at shaw.ca
> For those who thought of using the FreePlay music via Apple iDisk might
> as well forget it (if you want to use it for commercial productions).
> They said it is for non-commercial use.

> I thought their (FreePlay) was an
> absolute rip off. Any thoughts?

It is pretty obvious that Freeplay's provided music on .Mac members' 
iDisks is for non-commercial use only, but surely that exactly what 99% 
of the people who have iMovie/iDVD would be using it for? I think it is 
*wonderful* that Apple arranged the deal with Freeplay so that people 
could have decent music for their videos and show them on the web (for 
example) without worrying about breaking copyright law or having to 
hassle with rights issues. All for free!

If you want to use original music in a commercial production, of course 
you have to pay for it. Duh.

Hire a composer, or check around the various stock-music outfits out 
there. Most "professional" video houses would have already bought a 
library of stock music to have around -- there are some really good 
deals out there if you look.

_Chas_

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