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Use of other music in video games
Some video games use music that's already written by someone else usually by doing a rendition. How does this work? Do they have to pay royalties or do they just need to give credit? Can anyone do that?
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I really doubt Manabu Namiki gave Underground Resistance money. I think the Japanese can rip off anything (like Earthbound music) and it's not a problem.
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If there's an active copyright on the music, then legally the game developer must pay a license fee to the license holder to use the music. Not that this always happens.
However, if the copyright has expired and the work has passed into the public domain, it can be used without paying any royalties to anyone since there's no one to pay royalties to. In this case, the work can be adapted, remixed, or altered in any way without any legal repercussions whatsoever. For example, various renditions of the compositions of Mozart find their way into video games every now and then. However, as public domain works go, actual live recordings may be protected under copyright and licensing fees would apply.
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there's a bit of spiel on it here -- http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/copy/c-d...recordings.htm -- basically it's a minefield.
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Played Catherine yet? Great soundtrack comprised of mostly familiar classical pieces.
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