Hi,
Is it okay to just take sounds from other games and use them in your
games? I've done it like I took the footsteps in monkey escape from self
destruct and stuff but i was wondering if it's okay to do that.
Thanks
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Can you Take Sounds from Other Games?
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#1 2005-07-25 23:47:54
#2 2005-07-26 06:46:25
i
actually think that you must get permission from the game developers but
since xlStudios is gone its ok i think.
#3 2005-07-26 09:20:19
hi
mike,
yeah you can, infact i do it constantly in my mods, but one day
because i modded tj so simmilar to treasure hunt i asked munawar and if it
was ok,
phillip didn't want it distributed because it was his game, and
munawar said that if it was distributed just don't use the music.
but
yeah, you can mix all the sounds from different games.
happy
modding
assassin
be ever aware of the silent tread of the angel of death.
#4 2005-07-26 22:25:35
The recorded sounds and music are copyrighted as is the software itself so
permission for use is necessary. This is true even if a company is not
currently in business as in the case of XLStudios. The proper course of
action is to request permission for the use. Not receiving a response does
not provide license for use; permission must be explicit. That being said,
use of sounds for modding will most likely be acceptable to most companies
and individuals. The only concern some might have it the distribution of the
software/sounds/music to others who have not purchased a license to use the
software and the included audio tracks.
#5 2005-07-29 13:20:56
hello,
moast of sounds used by game developers
are taken from sound
librarys
that are eather downloaded from the internet, or perchised,now,
sound coppyright is not the same as the software coppyright:
by buying or
downloading the sounds ,the developer has to take the sound or sounds
commpanys coppyright, but the software coppyright
is the developers
rights,now than
if you use coppyrighted sounds, you are violing the sounds
coppyright,and by destributing the software, you are violating the
developers coppyrights:
you can ask for an othorisation to destribute the
software,developed by the game developer
but you can use a sound or
sounds,with out othorisation from the developer[unless of coress,the sounds
are actualy prodused by the developer him self]
thanks
big y
#6 2005-07-29 14:05:25
Y
is correct. There are two copyrights in effect. One is the software, the
actual code. The other is the sound recordings. The sound recordings might
actual have two copyrights as well, one for the the actual recording and the
other for the content, if the content is created by the individual such as
music. The theme music for Chillingham is owned by Bavisoft as well as the
recording. The sound of a door slamming isn't owned by anyone, but the
recording someone makes is. A tree is not owned, but the photograph is. If a
developer has licenses to use other sounds or music, those licenses should
be stated in the software readme or licensing portion. If the developer has
a license to use third party sounds or music this does not provide licese
for others to use or distribute those recordings. It just means you have to
find out who owns the recordings to be granted permission from them.
Licenses are usually not transferable and just because a sound exists on the
internet it doesn't mean it is free to use.
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