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General FreeSpace => FreeSpace Discussion => Topic started by: wistler on March 29, 2009, 01:17:04 pm

Title: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: wistler on March 29, 2009, 01:17:04 pm: Bit of a silly question really but are there any legal ramifications in using someone else's music in a FS2 mission.

I assume because the missions/mods isn't made for profit then there shouldn't be any problem as long as the credit is giving where it's due? Does anyone know for certain?
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: NGTM-1R on March 29, 2009, 01:20:11 pm: It's been done before; most, nearly all new music in released stuff is copyrighted by someone.
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: ssmit132 on March 30, 2009, 03:17:54 am: Haven't a lot of people been using music from Final Fantasy?
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: Pred the Penguin on March 30, 2009, 04:59:08 am: It really depends on the situation.

For example: There was a Star Wars mod for Battlefield that has SW in the name and used SW music, they had remove both because LusasArts noticed and it was to similar to Battlefront 2.

I seriously doubt there will be any good space sims coming out soon, so I wouldn't worry about that too much.
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: Kie99 on March 30, 2009, 05:29:23 am: Its probably illegal but nobody is going to care.
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: wistler on March 30, 2009, 05:54:40 am: Yeah thats what i thought. I doubt the composers that I have in mind are going to play a campaign i make anytime soon :p
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: Dilmah G on March 30, 2009, 08:03:18 am: Well you're not making a profit so there's no harm done :)

I use music from www.freeplaymusic.com just in case though, it's all free-rights music so I can use it wherever I want without having to worry
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: Krelus on March 30, 2009, 04:21:05 pm: Theoretically, as long as it's non-profit it should be OK.

The one thing I'm iffy about is I intend to use Nightwish's "Eva" for a credits cutscene. That might fall into a gray area.
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: Mongoose on March 30, 2009, 06:16:54 pm: Quote from: Kie99 on March 30, 2009, 05:29:23 am
Its probably illegal but nobody is going to care.
Pretty much this. It's technically a violation of copyright, but I severely doubt that anyone's ever going to bug you about it.
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on March 30, 2009, 09:59:18 pm: Even Axem does it in his JAD trilogy. Disco Inferno...YMCA...Raining Men...
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: Krelus on March 30, 2009, 10:47:24 pm: Quote from: Androgeos Exeunt on March 30, 2009, 09:59:18 pm
Even Axem does it in his JAD trilogy. Disco Inferno...YMCA...Raining Men...

Holy ghad, how could I have possibly forgotten about that?

That settles it :p
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: wistler on March 31, 2009, 02:16:24 am: Quote from: Androgeos Exeunt on March 30, 2009, 09:59:18 pm
Even Axem does it in his JAD trilogy. Disco Inferno...YMCA...Raining Men...

I see the songs I was after have already been used :mad2:

Just kidding :p (secretly I'm not).
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: JGZinv on March 31, 2009, 04:18:56 am: I know... you wanted Staying Alive by the BeeGees. :nod:
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: Dilmah G on March 31, 2009, 04:53:40 am: :lol: I wonder how rap music would go down.....
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: Androgeos Exeunt on March 31, 2009, 06:29:58 am: Well, we do know that the Bee Gees is anti-rap...

Perhaps Will Smith or Lethal Bizzle could counter them.
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: Dilmah G on March 31, 2009, 06:31:06 am: Quote from: Androgeos Exeunt on March 31, 2009, 06:29:58 am
Well, we do know that the Bee Gees is anti-rap...

Perhaps Will Smith or Lethal Bizzle could counter them.

:lol:

I'm going to keep rap music in mind......
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: wistler on March 31, 2009, 04:57:39 pm: You haven't watched the Collosus go down until it's to the sound of "disco inferno". ;7
Title: Re: Using Copyright music in a FS2 mod.
Post by: Mobius on March 31, 2009, 05:18:07 pm: Quote from: Androgeos Exeunt on March 30, 2009, 09:59:18 pm
Even Axem does it in his JAD trilogy. Disco Inferno...YMCA...Raining Men...

Please note that Axem used excerpts and not actually the full tracks. There's a big difference.

Think about YouTube - posting episodes in parts is allowed. I remember the site purging(or, at least, questioning the presence of) several videos from Italian shows coming straight from Berlusconi's channels. Only "modified" videos are allowed now. By "modified" I mean somewhat altered. Adding your name to the video and/or anything else that makes it unique is acceptable while posting the "raw" video is not.

Speaking of soundtracks, cutting one into several parts(to match FS' requirements) is more forgivable than using the pure soundtrack via SEXP.

Also:

Quote from: Kie99 on March 30, 2009, 05:29:23 am
Its probably illegal but nobody is going to care.

What Kieran said.