Before you use somebody's work, you must get permission. For example, you're a making a film trailer and you want to use a song by a band, you cannot just download the song and use it because legal action may be taken against you. You have to get in contact with the band somehow to gain permission to use the material that you want. Th easiest way to do this would be find the band's email address on their website (if they have one) or through the record company that represents them. Once you have permission, you can do what you like with what you have unless it's to slate the band, which in that case legal action definitely will be taken out against you.
Permissions are't just for music, they're for anything that is under the copyright law whether it be literary, musical, technological... etc, they help copyright holders gain the credit that they deserve for their work.
-Rebecca Hickey
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