Licencing and Copyright Question

[CommunistTiger]

The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time came out in 1998 (the 0.98B version in 1996) and the music is fantastic. The music/OST has been released on YouTube. I used a YouTube download-er to download the soundtrack (I don't know if that's piracy, please warn me if it is so I can delete the files) and placed the appropriate songs in the appropriate Oblivion music folders. I saw a mod on Game Spy's Planet Elder Scrolls before they died (or maybe it was here on the Nexus long before I registered) of some Zelda mod music from a different Zelda game. I wanted to release what I have done here on the Nexus. Would I have to ask Nintendo for permissions to release it here, or have the copyrights and licenses expired? I'm trying to be careful here.

[TheVampireDante]

Yes, you would have to ask them first.

 

Releasing without consent from the contents owners is a copyright violation.

[DoctorKaizeld]

which songs are you referring to?

[CommunistTiger]

which songs are you referring to?

All of the dungeon and temple songs (while exploring) and the battle music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAHFR_3WnQk

Might not be able to post links because of how little I post (I have a life and am very busy) so I'll put spaces.

h t t p s : / / w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m / w a t c h ? v = a A H F R _ 3 W n Q k

[Paranoid23]

Copyright on music is pretty long and also depending on your location. I'm pretty sure OOT music is still protected in most countries.

 

What you can do is describe how to add the music to Oblivion yourself, in the form of a tutorial. So you won't be releasing a mod with copyright protected music but it's completely legal to explain other users how to do it themeselves.

[Surilindur]

Just remember to avoid telling them to directly download copyrighted music. I think Nexus does not accept promoting piracy or such. I mean, if you direct a user to music on the Internet that is copyrighted in the user's country and show them how to download that music, could it count as promoting piracy? Just showing them how to add some music to the game, without the part in which music is acquired, should at least be harmless.

 

Just my thoughts. Could someone better informed clarify that? Or tell how it actually is? Thank you. :)

[DoctorKaizeld]

 

Could someone better informed clarify that? Or tell how it actually is?

well you're the first person to mention piracy here do im lost as to why. though to tell someone how to take a song and put it in Skyrim is fine, as long as said song is not copy written in America and their country. this is because Skyrim is American and does have to follow copyright. oh and piracy of any kind is not allowed even for users in countries where the copyright isnt protected, it is still stealing.

[Surilindur]

 

Could someone better informed clarify that? Or tell how it actually is?

well you're the first person to mention piracy here do im lost as to why. though to tell someone how to take a song and put it in Skyrim is fine, as long as said song is not copy written in America and their country. this is because Skyrim is American and does have to follow copyright. oh and piracy of any kind is not allowed even for users in countries where the copyright isnt protected, it is still stealing.

I was just thinking about the potential tutorial for users to add the particular music to the game. The music in question is probably copyrighted, and as it cannot be redistributed directly, it was suggested that a tutorial to show people how to add that music to the game would be the best alternative. But as the music is copyrighted, I thought it would be smart to only tell people how to add music files to the game, without telling them how to acquire the music files. I mean, downloading music from YouTube, for example, is probably not fully legal if that music is copyrighted and should not be redistributed without the copyright owner's consent, and I suspect most music in, for example, YouTube has not been put there with the owner's consent. So telling people to go there and download it could sound fishy, could it not?

 

And apologies if I got it wrong and have no idea about anything again. :)

 

Edit: Of course something like copying music from, for example, Morrowind folders to Oblivion folders locally is all right and there is nothing fishy about it. It is the acquiring of the music that I was thinking. If someone does not own the game, or want to buy it, how will he get the music? Some would probably just download it from YouTube somehow, and that is what might be suspicious?

Edited September 5, 2015 by PhilippePetain

[DoctorKaizeld]

 

If someone does not own the game, or want to buy it, how will he get the music?

you could buy the music, it's always possible to buy the TES sound tracks. though yes you can in fact explain how to add music to a game, but you have to explain with the assumption said music was obtained legally.

[Surilindur]

Exactly that. Thank you. I completely forgot that it is possible to buy soundtracks separate from games, as I have not bought any. I did try listening to a soundtrack on YouTube once, but just playing it over and over made it feel lame in-game, so I have not listened to any soundtracks outside games after it.

 

But yes, the starting point in a possible tutorial could well be that the user has acquired the files legally and they are ready for possible conversion and then renaming. Thank you.

 

Also, if someone makes a tutorial like that, there is the Enhanced Music and Control 2 that allows for more sound files. I use it to play Morrowind soundtrack, with the new music from Morrowind Rebirth, in addition to the original Oblivion one. Definitely recommended. :)