I’ve been designing a map with a game editor (Not Minecraft) for over a year now and it will all be in one Youtube video. I’m not using the music from the game and instead royalty free music except…
Can I get away with using the first 15 seconds of the overture from a Warner Bros. movie? Does anyone have experience using a short portion of a copyrighted song in a video they made? I’ve seen people do it in Let’s Plays which is playthroughs of games on Youtube. Still I just don’t know for sure.
If not, should it be okay to have a violinist play it for me? There are some drums in the background which would be difficult to match. Will Youtube pick it up if I have someone play nearly the exact same thing? Since it’s only 15 seconds it seems like it’s possible to find someone to play it with a music school at the college in my town.