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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
Not entirely accurate. Fair use doctrine does allow for the use of limited portions of a song, book, or performance "for purposes such as commentary, criticism, news reporting, and scholarly reports." Making this even more murky is "there are no legal rules permitting the use of a specific number of words, a certain number of musical notes, or percentage of a work." So yes, you can use short snippets of a song, lift a lyric from a song, or use a snippet from another broadcast for commentary or criticism. You may NOT use another's content in its entirety without written permission
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However, using music on the soundtrack of a podcast that is not about music does NOT count as ‘commentary, criticism news reporting, [or] scholarly reports’. So fair use doctrine does not apply in such instances, and you have to license the recording from the rights holder. In cases such as this, it's a rights holder who does not want to sell you that licence unless you pay through the nose.