Soundcloud cookies?

[kimo]

There's a sale! So, I was looking through the music resources and noticed the Soundcloud cookie policy virtually hidden in the lower left corner of each music collection.

I actually read (I finished high school ) the info on their site and am concerned about their statement regarding their use of cookies. It implies that purchasing one of their products found on Rpgmakerweb and then using it in a commercial game can allow Soundcloud to use their cookie tracking on one of the subsequent buyers of a commercial game.

It stopped me dead in my tracks of buying anything until I get a guarantee that legally purchased product from Soundcloud is NOT subject to tracking in any manner. I consider the product to be mine to use as I legally please.

When necessary, I use a VPN, proxy servers, and spybot to keep myself safe. But I know not everyone pays attention to their personal security.

Help? Anyone?

 

[Zebestian]

You should know that Soundcloud is only a music-hosting service; you don't buy anything from Soundcloud. Soundcloud only uses cookies to keep track of which tracks you played, what you're preferences are etc. so nothing harmful to my knowledge. The information about the cookie policy is only there because it's an embedded Soundcloud player and Soundcloud has to inform people about their cookie policy.

 

[kimo]

You should know that Soundcloud is only a music-hosting service; you don't buy anything from Soundcloud. Soundcloud only uses cookies to keep track of which tracks you played, what you're preferences are etc. so nothing harmful to my knowledge. The information about the cookie policy is only there because it's an embedded Soundcloud player and Soundcloud has to inform people about their cookie policy.

Thanks for the quick reply and the clarification of why there is a Soundcloud cookie notice on every page. So their cookie policy only applies to the tracks that someone is sampling on rpgmakerweb or on their site?

My concern is Soundcloud states they use cookies to track how their music is used and by whom it is listened. Listened as samples, no problem. Wanting to know how it is used is a big problem.

So, I guess my question becomes; "Do I I buy the music with a non-exclusive license from the musician with no snooping on the part of the seller or their agent?"

 

[Zebestian]

Thanks for the quick reply and the clarification of why there is a Soundcloud cookie notice on every page. So their cookie policy only applies to the tracks that someone is sampling on rpgmakerweb or on their site?

My concern is Soundcloud states they use cookies to track how their music is used and by whom it is listened. Listened as samples, no problem. Wanting to know how it is used is a big problem.

So, I guess my question becomes; "Do I I buy the music with a non-exclusive license from the musician with no snooping on the part of the seller or their agent?"

Generally how it goes is that once you buy resources, no one is going to track what you're going to do with it. Like I said, Soundcloud is only tracking your listening - Soundcloud only hosts the music, they don't own it. Regarding detailed information about the terms of use of resources bought from the store I would contact a mod just to make sure.

 

[hiddenone]

@kimo MV Resources is for sharing resources you've made, not for asking questions. I'm not quite sure where the best place would be for this, but it seems more like an off topic thread.

I've moved this thread to General Lounge. Please be sure to post your threads in the correct forum next time. Thank you.