Third Party Music

Hey guys,

Just wondering if I can get an OFFICIAL word (that means noone that THINKS they know what the answer is, but is just guessing) on whether or not we can use third party music in our YouTube videos / streams yet?

I know they've recently allowed monetization for YouTube, but have they allowed third party music yet?

The TOS is very vague, and since the monetization thing was lifted, I assumed this would have been too.

Any dev could possibly answer please?

Yeah I watch many Primal fight videos on Youtube with 3rd party music, I wondering if that okay?

Bump. Please.

Please.
I've spoken to support chat and they directed me here.

Bump.
Please.

all ye need to know

http://support.na.square-enix.com/ru...la=1&tag=authc

Guidelines for Music and Sounds

You may only use music as it is incorporated in FFXIV;
When showing gameplay, you may not replace the FFXIV music with third party music;
You may not play FFXIV music alone (i.e., without accompanying gameplay footage), or with third party materials;
You may not use the song track entitled "Answers."

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Originally Posted by Cairn

Guidelines for Music and Sounds

You may only use music as it is incorporated in FFXIV;
When showing gameplay, you may not replace the FFXIV music with third party music;
You may not play FFXIV music alone (i.e., without accompanying gameplay footage), or with third party materials;
You may not use the song track entitled "Answers."

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I actually wanted to point this out @ that titan kill video I saw, but left it alone... I think it's retarded that they put that in there, since they didn't have any kind of guidelines or regulations during 1.0, and I don't think XI has anything of the sort either, nor ANY other MMO out there.

According to the TOS linked above.

• I cannot put FF14 music in the intro OR outro of my videos - because the original footage doesn't accompany it.
• I cannot put my own third party music on top of the footage I record.
• I cannot chop up the game sound / music - and because I cannot edit the video without chopping the audio, I can't upload it.

^ Stupid.

You made the decision to allow monetization on YouTube (shouldn't have even been an option) and you need to make the decision to remove this stuff from your TOS. It's silly.

It's not silly. At the very least the part of not posting third party music with your footage.
You know why? Because SE has no rights over that music and thus they can't say that you can use it, it's not theirs! You'd need to acquire the permission (or oversight) of the owner of that particular piece.

And whever does it says you can't chop up the game sound? It says you need to present it as presented in the game, that's it. If the music gets chopped in sync with the video it's even more true to it's presentation in the game than to overlay the music over the editted video.

Essentially you can only use XIV's music with XIV material because SE has absolutely no rights over any other material, this is essentially so nobody can guilt SE for your usage of illegal material involving their product

YouTube has it's own systems in place to handle copyrighted material being posted on it without permission.
What other MMO / game has this kind of term in it's TOS?
It's ridiculous.

Ironically, based on that TOS you cannot even use 3rd-Party music that you have explicit rights to be able to use, such as having a legal contract with the party which holds the rights to said music.. For example, the band Eyeshine, which is the band that belongs to Johnny Yong Bosch, gives explicit permission to use their music for supporting their Indie band charity organization Revolution Airways, well anyways a future album from when you support: "EXECUTIVE PRODUCER CREDIT on a future Eyeshine Album and permission to use the album on your own projects (films, commercials, YouTube, school, etc)"

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Originally Posted by GotShadow

According to the TOS linked above.

• I cannot put FF14 music in the intro OR outro of my videos - because the original footage doesn't accompany it.
• I cannot put my own third party music on top of the footage I record.
• I cannot chop up the game sound / music - and because I cannot edit the video without chopping the audio, I can't upload it.

^ Stupid.

You made the decision to allow monetization on YouTube (shouldn't have even been an option) and you need to make the decision to remove this stuff from your TOS. It's silly.

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Stop ripping off other people's work, try creating your own.