Using music from other well-known games.

[Ms Littlefish]

I am by no means a well known game musician, but as a musician whose music has been used in unapproved circumstances--

Even covers can be tricky depending on the copy right. I remember one time a stranger on the internet arranged a couple of my songs without asking my permission. I stumbled upon it, listened to it, and to be honest; it was awful. Pretty terrible actually. I'm rarely so blunt. The individual had arranged the music to be read with poetry and the poem was actually quite nice. But, my name was on that song. It's nice they at least gave me credit but I have to wonder, "Oh, God, what if someone thinks I wrote that song, in that way?" Someone. Out there. Is going to associate that hot mess of notes and piano head banging with me.

Should I be flattered that someone wanted to arrange my music? On some strange level the cockles of my cold heart were warmed. But at the same time a lot of the rage could have been alleviated by my permission, and given the circumstance of the arranger's, ahem, talent; if they corresponded with me and asked for my input.

I often ask to arrange music. And if given the permission, I always let the original composer listen to and OK the final product before I publish it to any sort of media (and with all the proper credits, of course).

 

[Eschaton]

Well... if we're going to play this game, CAPCOM and Nintendo are very fan-project-friendly, as long as you're not making money off their IP.

Square-Enix has a long, sad history of Cease and Desist orders.

Just assume that any Western developer will aggressively defend their profits intellectual property.

Either way, I can't say whether or not this very forum has rules against the use of assets owned by other companies... but it's likely.

 

[Simon D. Aelsi]

Like Littlefish, I stumbled upon an arrangement of something I wrote.... fortunately it sounded decent, but as soon as they got wind that I knew it existed, they freaked and deleted the media. Then his fans got angry. AT ME. Chyuh... like what he did was MY fault... but all that could have been avoided.

When you get down to it, copying without asking IS STEALING.

If you ask them and they say yes, create to your heart's content.  If they say no, you'll have to just buck up and lie with it.

If you look closely at comments of the subject, the ones who are getting butthurt the most are often the ones who do the most piracy...

And now...

   ...any Western developer will aggressively defend their intellectual property... 

Can you honestly blame them? 

 

[Shaz]

What someone's conscience allows or does not allow them to do, and what is legal or not legal, are two different things.


If you don't have the rights to use it, and you use it, you are in the wrong. End of story. You can come up with every excuse under the sun, but it doesn't change the fact that you don't have the rights to use it.


This forum does not tolerate piracy in any form. Nor does it allow discussion of piracy where it gets to the point of people trying to justify it and say it's okay.


Closing.