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| What's the legality (US law here) of ripping/listening to video game music? |
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| Køtt:
--- Quote from: Planr on September 30, 2017, 11:01:05 PM ---No, I mean like is it illegal under US law to rip the music files straight from the game and listen to them on my iPod. --- End quote --- well as long as you're not selling it or claiming that it is yours then it's completely fine on my end. i don't know of the legality though, do you need to pay for star trek songs in music platforms or something? or is it free? in the end, no one really cares as long as it's personal and private. --- Quote from: Foxscotch on September 30, 2017, 11:02:40 PM ---not technically legal. but nobody cares. it's literally not worth the money someone would spend trying to sue you over it. you'll be fine --- End quote --- yeah i'm leaning to this. |
| McJob:
Ripping for private use is fine, distribution is not. I rip custom soundtracks from every game I enjoy. In many cases it's a tedious, slow process due to the amount of audio files involved to process, but the end result usually gives me specific melodies you can't find anywhere else. --- Quote from: AutoBahn on September 30, 2017, 11:03:06 PM ---Considering some games sell the soundtrack as DLC, it's probably illegal to rip it. --- End quote --- The OSTs they sell you are not the same files as in the game's asset packages, and in many cases are remixed at a higher rate. It's similar content but they're separate products. |
| hillkill:
if companies don't hunt down people for pirating their games, i think you're fine with music. |
| Planr:
--- Quote from: McJob on September 30, 2017, 11:09:20 PM ---Ripping for private use is fine, distribution is not. --- End quote --- Not trying to be pecky or anything, but taking into account that you're from australia, did you actually find that out from reading US law on the subject, and can you show me where it says that in federal US law. Or is that what you know is the law in australia. |
| Foxscotch:
why do you care about the law dude? literally nothing will happen to you if you do it to be pedantic, no it's not really legal, even if it's just for personal use. reproduction is copyright infringement, and copying it to a CD/usb drive/phone/whatever is definitely reproducing it. the only exception is for like archiving and backups, but that is obviously not what we're talking about here but again it really doesn't matter, just do it if you want to. if you're really worried about it and they don't sell the soundtrack, just email the publisher and ask them if you can put it on your phone. they probably won't give a stuff |
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