What is the best practice for giving appropriate copyright attribution for royalty-free music beds used in my demo?

Question

I've found some information regarding using brand names (seems to be okay to do) and older ad copy (seems to be okay to do). Now I want to download and use royalty free music in my demo, but most artists who produce the music (understandably) want some kind of attribution. How is everyone dealing with this issue?

Answer 1

Obviously, you want to avoid using any material you do not own the copyright on. Voices.com has in the past removed demos that were in copyright violation.

However, if you have a source that requests attribution when using the material, then a simple little notice in the demo description and in the audio recording itself should fulfill any obligation when using that music clip. (We recommend putting the attribution at the end of the recording. Always lead with your strongest read, not the attribution.)

Comments

I might add that you might want to list the music libraries that you own on your profile page and refer them there.  As long as you paid for the discs or rights up front, there is no issue.  If you are doing a lot of post, research and pay for a good set of music so as to avoid any problems.