Music as background, do I need permission from artist?

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  solarbeez1 · Member · Jun 24, 2012 at 2:56 am

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  I’m doing a blog about bumblebees. No I don’t want the “Flight of the Bumblebee,” but I’ve got a short clip that begs to have “Stairway to Heaven” in background. I usually load my videos on you-tube and then imbed the code into my blog. The question is…do I need permission to use the song if it’s only about 20-30 seconds?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Jun 24, 2012 at 3:28 am

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  This is a sticky thing, and far beyond the knowledge of the volunteers here. The way the music industry has been lately (rabid, foaming at the mouth aggressive) I don’t know if I would try it. If they complained to wordpress, you might lose your site here.

  At the very least, I would do some googling on it, or seek “real” legal advice.

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  jessielansdel · Member · Jun 24, 2012 at 4:42 am

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  “This is a sticky thing”

  Lol.

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  solarbeez1 · Member · Jun 24, 2012 at 4:51 am

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  I just wrote a request to the Led Zeppelin webmaster asking permission, but since I’m not even sure how to edit the music clip, I think I’ll just drop it. Too much trouble. I doubt if I’ll hear back from them, but if I do, I’ll report it here.
  Thanks for the replies.