Square, why the paranoia about the game's music?

[lord_naarghul]

I've never seen a company crack down as hard on a community for putting the game's music on YouTube. The company cared not one bit when 1.0 was around, but now that you've launched the game again, any mention of having any piece of sound from 1.0 or 2.0 and you come down hard with copyright claims.

It seems a bit excessive. Especially considering you have other MMOs or games with full soundtracks up and absolutely no issue has been brought up by the company. If you're so concerned with lost revenue, then why not just put ads in the videos and be done with it?

The only reason I can fathom is a release of the soundtrack in digital media will be forthcoming. If so, then fantastic! I'll be buying it, as the music is great.

[Krasus]

The same reason why popular musicians do the same, because they believe that eliminating other sources of the music will encourage people to buy the soundtrack.

[lord_naarghul]

The same reason why popular musicians do the same, because they believe that eliminating other sources of the music will encourage people to buy the soundtrack.

But there's no official soundtrack yet. And most copyright claims come from the record companies, not the musicians themselves.

[LordSideKicks]

Sadly almost nothing is free in this world. Sound included.

[MeeDeggiThePunisher]

Can we at least get some kind of radio or music player for our inn/houses if you insist on removing the music from youtube. Or just sell it, that's good too.

[lord_naarghul]

I'd prefer the music get sold. I'm not fond of having to sell my soul to Apple, but I will if I have to to get some of the music in CD form legally. I don't like pirating music. Youtube's another matter because a company can stick ads in a particular vid and see money from it that way, plus it's not terribly efficient.

[Zarath]

Can we at least get some kind of radio or music player for our inn/houses if you insist on removing the music from youtube. Or just sell it, that's good too.

They've announced they plan jukeboxes for houses...

[Krasus]

Considering they are currently selling the 1.0 soundtrack, I'm sure they will get around to selling 2.0

[Dhalmel]

The main reason for these copyright claims is due to the fact the OST is available to purchase. During the 1.0 era, there were only 2 small partial releases, and they've been long out of print since early 2011. There was really no incentive to give google content ids for a project that might actually fail. Once Square released Eorzean Frontiers, that's when the Copyright claims started to show.

I don't expect the ARR edition of a full OST not for a full year at the soonest.

[lord_naarghul]

The main reason for these copyright claims is due to the fact the OST is available to purchase. During the 1.0 era, there were only 2 small partial releases, and they've been long out of print since early 2011.

There isn't much to the CE soundtrack from what I can tell. I don't think Praetorium's theme is in it, nor are the boss fights.