So, I'm making a movie that is intended to be a tribute to a very famous musical artist. I would love it if I could cover one of their songs, but there's no chance in hell I could possible acquire rights. Earlier today, it occurred to me that perhaps the way around this is to have two of my characters silently lip-sync one of their famous songs. Most people would probably never figure out what song they're lip-syncing, but I think my target audience would.
I feel like this would fall under fair use, as it's being transformed to something else, and the audience would never hear any of the music. I feel like I could just make a bad-lip-reading in order to legally say that they're actually lip-syncing a different song, haha.
I need to consult an attorney, yes of course. No need for disclaimers here. I just wanted to quickly seek some other people's opinions. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.
I feel like this would fall under fair use, as it's being transformed to something else, and the audience would never hear any of the music. I feel like I could just make a bad-lip-reading in order to legally say that they're actually lip-syncing a different song, haha.
I need to consult an attorney, yes of course. No need for disclaimers here. I just wanted to quickly seek some other people's opinions. Thanks in advance for your thoughts.