Legal Questions About Recording TV Programs

By Lori Spencer

 

The landmark 1984 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Sony Corporation v. Universal City Studios (more widely known as the Betamax case) established the legality of home video recording. The court ruled that home VCR use did not infringe the rights of copyright holders, and that the plaintiffs would not suffer a substantial loss in profits because of home video recording. In this case, it was decided that recording a TV program for later home viewing met the “fair use” standard.

The ever-changing landscape of digital technology presents new legal questions for copyright holders and consumers alike. We’ll tackle a few of the most frequently asked ones.

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How to Change Your Voice When Your Record Yourself

By Lori Spencer

 

Whether you’re a professional voice-over artist, a video gamer, or just want to spoof your friends with a prank call over VoIP, voice-changing software gets the job done. You can easily change your voice from young to old, male to female, high to low, and create your own game character voices using special effects — the possibilities are endless.

Many voice-changing (or voice-cloaking) software programs are available. Free programs tend to deliver poor sound quality and don’t offer many features. Pro versions $10 to a little more than $100, as of May 2011…

 

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Programming a Country Music Radio Station

By Lori Spencer

Programming a country music radio station is a challenge these days, radio programmers agree. What programmers can’t seem to agree on, however, is a format. While some DJs, program and music directors say this fluidity signals a healthyperiod of growth for country radio, traditionalists warn that playing too many crossover artists dilutes the brand. The good news for country radio today is that programmers have greater freedom in creating and defining their station’s unique sound. Whether playing traditional country or blazing new trails…

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Get Paid to Be a Broadcaster

Make no mistake about it — the broadcast industry has changed significantly in the past two decades. Media ownership is now consolidated into fewer hands, major media outlets are suffering budgetary woes, automating programming, and cutting jobs. The Internet has revolutionized broadcasting as we know it, offering news and entertainment options galore with the click of a mouse. The programming consumers once paid for is now readily available for free online. As a result, many professional broadcasters now find themselves working for much smaller salaries, if they can find work at all.

While the broadcaster is in no immediate danger of becoming an endangered species….

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How to Host Websites With Music Players

Adding a music player to your website is a way to share songs by your favorite artistswith visitors. If you are a musician or songwriter, a music player is an essential tool for offering samples of your original music. It…

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How To Make a Music Playlist in Flash

By Lori Spencer

 

Sharing songs on your personal website, blog or social network is easy to accomplish with an embeddable Flash MP3 player. This task doesn’t require any web developer skills or technical know-how. If you can cut and paste, you can create a simple Flash player.

Many free Flash players are available online—some of the more popular choices are the Flowplayer, Poqbum and MP3 Player. In this tutorial, we will be using Poqbum’s Flash player generator as an example…

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How to Record From One CD Player to Another

By Lori Spencer

Many CD recorders designed for home stereo or studio use contain two built-in decks: one for recording, the other for playback. If your CD recorder has only one tray, however, it is still possible to copy discs the old fashioned way: dubbing from one component to another. By chaining the CD player and CD recorder together, you experience no signal or audio quality loss as you would using an analog tape deck. Even if you only have a portableCD player to use as the playback deck, the transfer should work fine so long as your CD player has compatible output jacks.

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Working as an Audio Engineer

By Lori Spencer

Audio engineering careers require versatility and the ability to adapt to working in a variety of sound formats and applications. One day, an engineer might be making an album for a major rock artist; the next day, he or she might be editing a film soundtrack or mixing a classical 120-piece orchestra‘s recording of Beethoven‘s Ninth Symphony. Jobs in sound engineering range include things such as running live sound at concerts, producing radio and television shows, creating sound for video games, performing audio post production or even designing entire public address (PA) systems and recording studios.

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Careers in Audio Engineering

By Lori Spencer

If you love music, are fascinated by technology and are lucky enough to have very precise hearing, you may have what it takes to become an audio engineer. Producing or engineering an album for one of the world’s top artists is certainly a desirable goal for many, but competition for jobs in the recording industry is fierce. If you want to rise to the top of the heap, you’ll need more than just training or technical expertise. Being a successful audio engineer also requires determination, persistence, patience, industry connections, people skills, and of course, talent.

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See also related story “How Do I Become a Broadcast Engineer” by Lori Spencer for radio, tv and film career-specific advice:

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Types of Turntable Cartridges

By Lori Spencer

The crystal and ceramic pickups of yesteryear’s record players have been replaced by the magnetic cartridge — now the standard for modern turntables. Although they lack the amplification of the old crystal or ceramic pickups, magnetic turntable cartridges track much lighter across the record, thus causing less wear in the groove. There are two basic types of magnetic turntable cartridges: moving magnet (also known as MM) and moving coil (MC).

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