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Is it legal to make a home movie w/ music from Hollywood film scores that only friends/family with see?
My friends and I made a movie and added music from Star Wars, Pirates of the Caribbean ext. I burned the movie we made onto a DVD and I am giving it to only close friends and family. I added the name of the soundtrack and the composer in the credits. Someone told me to check into if this would violate copyright laws. If I'm just sharing it with friends/family for free I would not think it would be a problem. Is this legal? Please explain why or why not and if you can give a link to verify your answer that would be great. Thank you very much!
Correction: Sorry, I meant to say "that only friends/family WILL see" in the subject line.
It is not necessarily legal, but as long as you're not publicly showing it and saying its your work (unless your family thinks that you can compose scores and hire orchestras to perform them) or you're not getting paid to sell your work or show it in a forum where you will be receiving money, than it is okay.
I'm a film student, and we make short films all the time using others' music; we just credit them and make sure that the film isn't aired on TV without the secure rights. Some have slipped through the cracks, however, and aired on local TV. Not really legal.
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