Legality of using Youtube covers to replace music in Skyrim

[Dahveed]

I've recently come across a mod which has been up on the Nexus for quite some time now and replaces the main menu music with a relatively well-known Youtuber named Malukah, and it hasn't been moderated.

 

I am thinking of doing something similar, with a main menu randomizer with different songs (mostly from Youtube).

 

If I give full credit (with links and such) in my mod, would I get in any trouble from moderators here or elsewhere?

 

Thanks.

[duude98]

Idk about the moderators, but at least from an ethics standpoint it would be best to find out about what the artist's policy on using their work is, same as if you were to use resources from someone else's mod from the nexus. I don't know the specific mod you referenced, but I would be willing to bet that they got permission from Malukah or that she said somewhere that using the track(probably under specific circumstances) was ok as long as credit was provided. As long as the artist is ok with it, I doubt the mods would give you any trouble.

[minngarm]

You need permission from all copyright holders to use it.

 

The performing artist.

The original artist.

The writer.

The publisher.