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Question about copyright law-Lock please issue solved

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ashtheman14

ashtheman14

Not this moron again...
If I use converted music from previous sonic games in the past in my WAD file, would it prevent me from releasing it on the MB because it's property of Sega/sonic team? If I did, would it get me into the legal kind of trouble with sega? I'm unsure as to whether or not this infringes copyright law or whether or not it matters on forums like these anyway. That's what I need to find out.

Just in case anyone wants to know what region I live in should it be necessary for assisting me, its the united kingdom
 
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It's absolutely OK, I've done it with Sonic Surge and Internet Explorer has done it with Temporal Line, and so on.
 
ashtheman14 said:
If I use converted music from previous sonic games in the past in my WAD file, would it prevent me from releasing it on the MB because it's property of Sega/sonic team? If I did, would it get me into the legal kind of trouble with sega? I'm unsure as to whether or not this infringes copyright law or whether or not it matters on forums like these anyway. That's what I need to find out.

Just in case anyone wants to know what region I live in should it be necessary for assisting me, its the united kingdom
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You're are completely off the hook as long no copyright bill passes.
 
larztard said:
You're are completely off the hook as long no copyright bill passes.
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You are aware that copyright laws already exist, right?

The music is copyrighted and distributing it is illegal without permission. Theoretically, the copyright holder can sue you, but everybody does this all the time and nobody was ever sued for it.
 
SRB2 itself is a copyright violation. If SEGA goes after anyone (which is extremely unlikely), it will be SRB2 as a whole, not your WAD.
 
SpiritCrusher said:
You are aware that copyright laws already exist, right?

The music is copyrighted and distributing it is illegal without permission. Theoretically, the copyright holder can sue you, but everybody does this all the time and nobody was ever sued for it.
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Sorry, I had no idea what I was saying last post.
 
Guess I won't get into trouble then.
Thanks. Can this be locked now?
I just mostly wanted to know whether or not I'd get sued. Which seems unlikely here. Again, thanks.
 
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