Copyright materials
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2010 3:20 pmI've noticed a number of last year's entries contain copyright material (music) and am after clarication: can the work include a piece of music if the owner of the copyright has been asked?
Hi
Apologies for the delayed response.
The following is from our FAQ page regarding whether you can use copyrighted material ... you can use it "as long as you own the copyright to that material i.e. you have obtained a copy legally. If your entry incorporates music or sound samples, or images, or any material you have obtained from some other source, you must own the rights to use that material. If you don't have rights to use the material, then, if you win a prize in our competition, and your work is displayed publically, you may find yourself in breach of copyright. This will cause big problems for you, and for us (The University of Manchester). For ideas about sources of feely-usable music, this article from The Guardian has lots of pointers."
If you have asked for and received permission to use the material, you can include it. You'll be asked to confirm this when you submit the entry.
Kind regards
Mandi
Animation10 Team