This is a two-part question, so feel free to answer one or the other or both. First of all, how can we turn a file that we've recorded onto Audacity into a podcast and get it recognized by iTunes and have it put on the podcast list? Secondly, do we have the right as podcasters to put any song we want into a podcast? If not, what kind of stuff can we put into podcasts?
I'm a beginner, I'll be honest, and I've never done podcasting before. Won't you please, please help me?
Turning a file into a podcast/Publishing Rights
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Re: Turning a file into a podcast/Publishing Rights
<<<how can we turn a file that we've recorded onto Audacity into a podcast>>>
If you capture your own performance into Audacity, Export it as WAV and import it into iTunes. Either select the file and File, Open-With, iTunes; or open iTunes first and File, import and go find the file. Then follow the tutorial:
<<<http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorial ... casts.html>>>
<<<what kind of stuff can we put into podcasts? >>>
Anything you wrote and performed. Chances are, anything else you can get your hands on is under copyright restriction. Anything you can get permissions--usually in writing--is fair game. If your sister wrote and sung a song, get her to sign a simple release and go to town. The nasty surprises come when somebody changes their mind or doesn't know you published their work. That can get expensive.
Koz
If you capture your own performance into Audacity, Export it as WAV and import it into iTunes. Either select the file and File, Open-With, iTunes; or open iTunes first and File, import and go find the file. Then follow the tutorial:
<<<http://www.apple.com/quicktime/tutorial ... casts.html>>>
<<<what kind of stuff can we put into podcasts? >>>
Anything you wrote and performed. Chances are, anything else you can get your hands on is under copyright restriction. Anything you can get permissions--usually in writing--is fair game. If your sister wrote and sung a song, get her to sign a simple release and go to town. The nasty surprises come when somebody changes their mind or doesn't know you published their work. That can get expensive.
Koz
Re: Turning a file into a podcast/Publishing Rights
This is not a very good place for legal advice, so be wary of anything you hear here.
As Koz said, the only audio you own the copyright for is audio you've recorded and performed yourself (this does not always extend to public performances, those are often legal if you've recorded them yourself).
You do not have the right to use Copyrighted materials without first getting permission. If you either own the copyright or the material has been released into the public domain, then it's fair game. Be careful with public domain stuff, I'm sure some "public domain" sounds you find on the Internet aren't actually in the public domain.Secondly, do we have the right as podcasters to put any song we want into a podcast? If not, what kind of stuff can we put into podcasts?
As Koz said, the only audio you own the copyright for is audio you've recorded and performed yourself (this does not always extend to public performances, those are often legal if you've recorded them yourself).