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Swedish radio failed to attribute me
Started September 7th, 2014 · 6 replies · Latest reply by industrialmusic 9 years, 11 months ago
Swedish Radio broadcasted a program today in which they used my sample, slightly modified but yet still my sound in the bottom. The program is called "Helt sant", "Totally true", and here can you find it here:
http://sverigesradio.se/sida/avsnitt/423143?programid=4637
You can hear my sound at 10:04 in the link above. The sound in question is this below.
http://freesound.org/people/jobro/sounds/76151/
I would like some admin or lawyer here on freesound to contact them to get this sorted out.
heltsant@sverigesradio.se
Thanks in advance!
Hi Johan,
You can do it yourself. I always do something like this;
hi blablabla,
What a wonderful radio program you have made. It sound realy great! I like it that you used my sound for that you used my sound for that. What i was wondering is where i can find the credits for me and freesound?
I hope to hear from you
Regards klankbeeld (and full name, phone and address
This will work most of the time.
I agree with klankbeeld's approach, but also make sure to give a link to your original sound on freesound. As we know many freesound samples, or derivatives, are posted on the hundreds of other web sites without reference to the original or the pertaining copyright terms. (SEF bring back memories?) It's very possible they obtained the sample they used in all innocence from somewhere else. Most radio stations, (BBC for example) have a policy of not giving credit, because the amount of stuff they use is enormous and the crediting process would become impossibly unwieldy, but they are usually careful to obtain the legal permissions beforehand. Another complication is that many audio productions are purchased or commissioned from third parties these days.
None of these are valid excuses for not getting it right, but it's a good reason for being polite and assuming a genuine mistake may have been made in the first instance.
Wibby
