is that sounds is leagal or not

salah.rahalsalah.rahal Member Posts: 121
edited November -1 in Art, Graphics, Music and Sound
heelo i fond a midi song on that link
http://www.eadcentral.com/go/1/1/0/http://www.angelfire.com/games4/carrigon/home/halwen1.htm
and i want to convert it and use it in my game is it leagal or not to use
( after converting it to mp3 it changes and to ogg it changes so i am not using the same song )

Comments

  • StusAppsStusApps Member, PRO Posts: 1,352
    Midi music is still subject to copyright, in some ways more like sheet music. If you have no permission from the author then you can't use it. Changing file format does not make it legally yours, haha! Eg. I rip the graphics out of angry birds, open in Photoshop and save as jpg and reimport to my game, still just as much illegal and not my own content.
  • salah.rahalsalah.rahal Member Posts: 121
    StusApps
    what if i remix it
  • StusAppsStusApps Member, PRO Posts: 1,352
    it would still be a derivative work.

    ultimately though no one is going to sue you for using a little known midi file. I guess it's a question for your own morals and conscience, and generally speaking copyright theft is looked upon badly on these forums as we all work in the situation of creating our own IP. If people took your game and remixed it a bit and sold it on then would you like that?
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