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Tom7777 ·
I want to start making some audio demos of various effects i have made, becuase the samples from CM and other music magazines are (i think) royalty free this means i can use them for other things than music right? i know the answer is probably yes but i just thought i should check just in case 🙂
stefan ·
They probably are, if you've bought the mag. But, to be sure, read what they say about it in the mag or on the CD.
Tom7777 ·
It says there Royalty Free so im guessing i can use them for anything. It doesn't say what you can use them for though it just gives descriptions of the various sample packs there is on the CD and yes i own the magazine, well actaually about 30 issues now to be exact 🙂
stefan ·
Tom7777 wrote: It says there Royalty Free so im guessing i can use them for anything. It doesn't say what you can use them for though it just gives descriptions of the various sample packs there is on the CD and yes i own the magazine, well actaually about 30 issues now to be exact 🙂
If there's no other licence to them, you could even sell the samples if you wanted to. Which sounds a bit odd, I'd take a careful look before I started using them for anything else than making tunes with.
Tom7777 ·
Well i guess, i can't find anything in the recent copy about it not even on the cd theres just descriptions of the samples, it might be somewhere in the magazine but i currently havent found anything. They always provide one hit samples like drum hits so i guess as there Royalty Free i could make my own drum beats and then that would be ok.
infuzion ·
stefan wrote: If there's no other licence to them, you could even sell the samples if you wanted to. Which sounds a bit odd, I'd take a careful look before I started using them for anything else than making tunes with.
I own about 40+ of those various mags, Future Music UK & USA, CM, etc... collecting for about 8 years now. They usually don't allow reselling the samples as a colletion; they have to be used in a composistion (eg music).
FYI, here in the USA, whenever someone creates something, it's automaticly (c), All Rights Reserved, unless noted otherwise. So all those OSMs I post (unless slightly tweaked from other's) are actually (c) unless I put some other licencing. That's why I specified in other threads if I can use other's stuff.
stefan ·
I know. That's why I thought it'd be odd if the only license would be "these are royalty free!". Because that implies that you could sell them.
infuzion ·
My understanding of "Royalty Free" simply means no extra monies have to be given if they are used in a coposition, like in "samples cleared" but automatic. But the said items can still be "copywrited", so the use is restricted only to compositions, & not re-sold as individual samples/collections. "Public Domain" is the only legal term I know of that doesn't come with any prohibitions.
stefan ·
infuzion wrote: My understanding of "Royalty Free" simply means no extra monies have to be given if they are used in a coposition, like in "samples cleared" but automatic. But the said items can still be "copywrited", so the use is restricted only to compositions, & not re-sold as individual samples/collections. "Public Domain" is the only legal term I know of that doesn't come with any prohibitions.
Ofcourse they are still copyrighted. It's only that royalty can be used within many different schemes. When it comes to for instance game development, the developer gets paid royalties per sold copy (if royalties are involved, they aren't always). Which usually isn't the case when it comes to samples. If a game is royalty free, the store can sell as many copies they like without the developer getting any money from it. Granted, the publisher still gets paid per copy though 🙂 That's why I think stating that usage of copyrighted material is "royalty free" is no way near enough information for the user.
Tom7777 ·
Ok so now im confused, so what is it a yes or no, as there magazine is basically aimed at giving news and reviews for audio software and plugins im guessing they would be fine with someone using a beat or two to demo some effects they have made right?
Nu Audio Science ·
Dan if you are using them in a composition of some sort you are fine to release, What you can't do is release them in there original form as your own work.
Tom7777 ·
Im not going to release them as the orignal sample though becuase they will be effected by my delays and effects ect can't i do that? how do you guys do it that have released stuff before im guessing you made beats to resample using oneshot wave samples or did you buy a drum kit then record a beat to resample? all i want to do is give the users a demo of the sounds my effects can make.
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