Use of Copyrighted Songs in Flash Video

[170designs]

Hey, I am looking to create a flash video that is only available online, so there will be no distribution of it on CDs or anything. I am wondering what the copyright laws are for using a real song that was recorded by an artist other than myself. I looked around online and all the copyright-permission granting sites for music are about redistribution and reselling a song that another artist wrote.

For example, I couldn't just put in a real song by the Beatles without getting permission from their recording company could I? How does this work?

Thanks and I really appreciate all the help I can get,
Matt

 

[jberryhill]

Google "synchronization rights".

A synchronization license is a license to use a piece of music in conjunction with an original audiovisual work.

 

[unknownz]

Google "synchronization rights".

A synchronization license is a license to use a piece of music in conjunction with an original audiovisual work.

thanks for the information. i was thinking about that one as well.