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Can I legally use this?
So me and a friend are creating a youtube channel and want to use monetization. But we want to use 15 secs from the theme from Shadow The Hedgehog "I am all of me" by Crush 40 and make a Let's Play of it. Sega doesn't give permission to use any of their content for monetization of any kind. BUT its been 8 years sense the game came out and it doesn't state anywhere on their site that they still own the rights to the lisense of that game. So could I legally use the song and make a Let's Play and monetize off the videos? Would me putting in the description that i do not own the right to any of the materials given in the video except my commentary make it legal? By me giving commentary over the gameplay make it fair use? Please help, I want to make a Let's play legally.
So say i turn monetization for those videos off, then is it legal? im not making money off them.
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- Simpson G.Lv 78 years ago
Copyrights last 95 years from publication or 120 years from creation. 8 years is less than 95 or 120 years.
Fair Use becomes tricky. I won't pretend to understand what you are talking about by "monetizing" it. In most cases, if you are using someone else's product to make money, and it's not for parody, critique, review, etc., it's a copyright violation. Simply adding talking doesn't make it ok if your primary purpose is reproduction for monetary value.
Edit: Monetary gain, or lack there of, doesn't automatically make it Fair Use.
