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I recently recieved an email from The Creative Assembly, makers of the game
Shogun:Total War.
This is the same game from which I used the music for my fourth movie, the
'Garadaine Movie' for my website. They claim that I infringed on their
copyright, and I have been forced to remove the movie from my website.
While granted the song I used was their property, I had edited and mixed it,
which I thought was good enough to keep my nose clean. My mistake. I have been
told by another AFOL that it would be ok if I had changed the music by 20%. I
have no idea how much 20% is in this situation, so I plan to just replace the
music in the movie.
On top of that, the music was encapsulated permanently inside the movie, which
is the nature of Flash, so the music could never be distributed without the
movie as well. Distribution is distribution I suppose.
It's a shame that companies feel the need to pick on non-profit individuals.
In any case, my movie is offline.
--Anthony
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| (...) Don't get me started on copyright, mega-corps and little non-prof non-com individuals. Oooohhh. Can you hear my teeth squeaking yet? Been there, done that (except I didn't complete the film, I just got the $150 quote). I know exactly how you (...) (20 years ago, 30-Jan-04, to lugnet.general)
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| --snip--- (...) Were you making and $$$ from the FLASH file? Or was the movie a free download anyone could take? Did you provide a list of credits at the end saying that the music was the property of "xyz"? -AHui A&M Productions (URL) (20 years ago, 31-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, FTX)
| | | Re: Ikros and Copyright Infringement
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| (...) Just so you know the tag below line is assumed under copyright law and does need to appear. "...may not reproduce in whole or in part without prior permission..." The amount you my use in your movies is 0%. That's the rules. Not one single (...) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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| (...) I believe the 20% rule applies to all parts of the music, not just the piece as a whole. Cutting out every fifth part doesn't count. If you use just the drum line, that drum line would still have to be 20% different (and yes, "20%" is tricky (...) (20 years ago, 1-Feb-04, to lugnet.general)
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