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Community => Project / Coder's Corner => Topic started by: Gruntkiller4000 on July 14, 2016, 16:23:44

Title: using music in my game and licensing
Post by: Gruntkiller4000 on July 14, 2016, 16:23:44

Hey I am just making a computer game on the Unreal Engine 4 (which may take a few years, which only currently me and my brother are making it by ourselves mostly), I am just wondering with one of the music in the mod archives if I want to use this in my game, what do i need to do? Do i need to contact the author and ask him if i can use it, do i need to pay a royalty or license or what do I need to do? I know this music was used in the Unreal game, Though it says copyright (c) 1995 by Necros (though it was edited by Alex Brandon) for Epic Games. Do I need to retrieve a license to use this music in my game (even though it was used for Epic Games), or do I need to contact Epic Games directly?

Thanks for any info :)

Necros / Isotoxin
link: https://modarchive.org/index.php?request=view_by_moduleid&query=46539

Title: Re: using music in my game and licensing
Post by: Saga Musix on July 14, 2016, 19:29:15

https://modarchive.org/index.php?faq-licensing
Yes, you will have to contact Necros and ask for permission. This is what  you always have to do unless the module license (e.g. CC-BY) explicitely tells you otherwise.
If you need to find his contact details, his Wikipedia page (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Sega)may be a good start (e.g. maybe you can contact him through this facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/xyzzyaudio)).

Title: Re: using music in my game and licensing
Post by: Gruntkiller4000 on August 17, 2016, 12:44:31

Ok thank you! I have contacted him and waiting for response..