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Publishing our Sounds or Images as part of your Project Publishing licenses In most cases we will be happy for you to use our nature sounds in your project. However, please consider that our work is not only protected by copyright, it is our livelihood. If you wish to add value to your project by incorporating our nature recordings or images, please read our publication guidelines below. For any use, we require credit in your publication;
such as: We appreciate that for many people, their project is funded from their personal resources. Often we receive requests for permission in exchange for credit and promotion. Whilst we appreciate the spirit in which this suggestion is intended, in our past experience it has not offered us much in practice (** see below for our further thoughts on this). Hence we offer limited-resource users the following options for an affordable license, to renumerate us for our work, and cover the legal issues.
Free License: Suitable for: i) Personal student uses, such
as school projects & research,
Personal Publishing License: Suitable for: Individuals publishing on a not-for-profit basis (eg; personal
websites, hobby projects) 1) Write
to us with your proposed use.
Small Business License: Suitable for: Individuals or small businesses for a project that may be
commercial, but not envisaged to return a significant profit. 1) Write
to us with your proposed use.
Commercial Publishing License: Suitable for: Projects of a commercial nature or undertaken by a well-established
business, company or corporation. Studio time to custom prepare materials.
Commercial airplay.
Nature sounds are a welcome relief from the radio, jingles or promotional rants commonly encountered when one is put on hold. So reflect your business values and give your callers a relaxing alternative by licensing some of our nature recordings. We offer licenses allowing for either 1 or 5 year's usage of any of our published sound recordings, to be used on any number of telephone lines provided they are all in the same building. The 1 year license is AU$100, or 5 year license $400 (both plus GST for Australian customers). When purchasing, please provide your business name and email, so we can forward a receipt detailing your license. Purchase License from our shop (click through to 'Licenses' on left-hand menu)
**'Promotion in exchange for permission' agreements: Giving credit is traditionally a requirement of permissions for use - for instance a photographer's or photo libraries' details published alongside an image, or copyright/accreditation details included with song publishing. In this digital age, this credit/promotion is achieved through a hypertext link (online publishing) or including a website in print publishing. We feel that a proposal offering 'promotion in exchange for permission' is effectively requesting someone to pay for promotion by donating their creative work. In our past experience of such arrangements, we can quantify the value of what we've contributed, but we've not been sure of what we have got back. Unlike many sound and image libraries, we have chosen to try and make licensing affordable for a range of people and circumstances. Our fees are significantly less than major sound libraries such as the BBC, ABC or Cornell Lab. In return, we ask users to feature our website (in print, or as an online hypertext link) - after all, it doesn't cost anything, and helps us communicate our love of nature sounds with a wider audience. We've arrived at these guidelines after 15 years experience of licensing our recordings to users around the world. They are intended to be affordable and flexible for a range of people from ordinary folks to corporate clients. We're comfortable with the fairness of these guidelines - please be aware that only in exceptional circumstances will we negotiate on them.
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