Music Permission

When choosing the song for our music video, it was important to first gain permission to use the track. Copyright laws state that the creator has exclusive rights to their original work as a method of preventing plagiarism. 
To avoid being penalised for using the track we had to ask the artist permission for a 'fair use agreement'. This means that we would be able to use the track for a non-profit use, so the music video on YouTube couldn't be monetised. 
Due to the artist's activity on social media, we decided it would be most effective to contact them this way. We messaged them on Facebook to ask for permission, and this means we were able to keep their reply as evidence, should the copyright be questioned.

Below is the message from my partner, Rhiannon, and the response we received: