# Audio clip - fair use? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [September 11, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-clip-fair-use/418766 "2007-09-11T10:50:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 10:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-clip-fair-use/418766/1 "2007-09-11T10:50:25Z")
I would like to post a query in CS asking for recommendations on music. But the principal example I would like to use is Japanese and there’s no YouTube or similar clip anywhere to be found where I can offload any copyright blame, and it’s doubtful that any members would recognize it. By “fair use” would a partial clip, just long enough to give a sample of what sort of thing the song sounds like, but not a complete song in and of itself, be acceptable? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-clip-fair-use/418766/2 "2007-09-11T13:27:18Z")
Of course it would be fine. Just don’t do the entire song. We appreciate you being considerate enough to ask in advance; it’s always better to ask permission than to beg forgiveness. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-clip-fair-use/418766/3 "2007-09-11T17:11:05Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] Of course it would be fine. Just don’t do the entire song. We appreciate you being considerate enough to ask in advance; it’s always better to ask permission than to beg forgiveness. 🙂 [/QUOTE] Even if he brings chocolate with the begging? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2007, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-clip-fair-use/418766/4 "2007-09-11T19:54:01Z")
All this talk of chocolate and I never see any, ya big teases. (I’m out of scotch too.) ---
**Author:** ![Sage\_Rat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sage_rat/32/399_2.png) [@Sage\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sage_Rat)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-clip-fair-use/418766/5 "2007-09-12T04:50:06Z")
I have a bagful of miniature reesus peanut butter cups… But they’re all mine! Mine I tell ya! _shakes a pointy stick at the advancing horde_ ---
**Author:** ![DSYoungEsq](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c6cbf5/32.png) [@DSYoungEsq](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSYoungEsq)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 3:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-clip-fair-use/418766/6 "2007-09-12T15:05:51Z")
[QUOTE=TubaDiva] All this talk of chocolate and I never see any, ya big teases. (I’m out of scotch too.) [/QUOTE] How do you feel about a nice box of See’s Candies? 😉 And perhaps some Dalwhinnie? ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2007, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/audio-clip-fair-use/418766/7 "2007-09-12T16:39:11Z")
[QUOTE=DSYoungEsq] How do you feel about a nice box of See’s Candies? 😉 And perhaps some Dalwhinnie? [/QUOTE] ::: sigh :::