Safe Sounds in Canada, 2014, for Podcasting

1. Safe Sounds in Canada, 2014,
for Podcasting
Joan Vinall-Cox, Ph.D.

2. Music for Podcasting, etc.
• What’s safe and legal?
• Where do you find out?

3. Canadian Copyright 2014
• http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/crpprda.nsf/eng/rp01185.html
• “Fair dealing for education:
– The Bill enables the use of copyrighted materials
for the purpose of education, provided the use is
"fair"
– (i.e., it does not harm the market for a work).”

4. For Copyrighted Music
http://www.socan.ca/creators/FAQs/faqcopyright
• “SOCAN represents the Canadian performing
rights of millions of Canadian and
international music creators and publishers.
• Through licences,(sic) SOCAN gives businesses
that use music the freedom to use any music
they want, legally and ethically.”

5. What’s in Your Music App?
http://www.socan.ca/creators/FAQs/faq-private-copying

6. You Can Listen to What You’ve Bought,
But You Can’t Use in Your Podcasts -

7. If Music is Copyrighted …
• You must get permission and/or a license
– or – you could be sued and have your podcast taken down
• In Canada, you go to SOCAN to pay to use copyrighted
music
– http://www.socan.ca/licensees/music-use

8. Alternative Sources
of Music
• Public Domain
– http://websearch.about.com/od/publicdomain/tp
/Public-Domain-Music.htm
• Creative Commons http://creativecommons.org/about
– “Want to encourage readers to re-publish your
blog posts, as long as they give you credit?
– Looking for songs that you can use and remix,
royalty-free?”

9. http://creativecommons.org/videos/ashared-culture

10. Creative Commons Licenses
http://resourcelinkbce.wordpress.com/2011/06/03/creative-commons-avirtual-treasure-chest-of-content/

11. http://creativecommons.ca/find

12. http://creativecommons.org/musiccommunities

13. Images, Too
http://search.creativecommons.org

14. Find Safe Google Image Sources

15. Flickr Sources

16. Add Your Own CC License

17. SoundCloud Extra

18. And CC Your Own Blog!

19. For Example …

20. Take Charge!
• Know copyright laws
• Know where to find copyright safe sounds and
images
• Use CreativeCommons licenses for your own
work