Re: [android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-21 Thread Kristopher Micinski
...which automatically quotes the entire conversation Replies don't quote the entire coversation...they only quote the previous post (which, we can assume, was edited, like any other, to quote only the spefic bits that are being replied to. Right, but it's been a recent trend on this group

Re: [android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-20 Thread Jim Graham
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:50:30PM -0800, hzakimoto wrote: I'm also a musician. You've no doubt already done some composition, then, so why not just write your own? Or just ad lib. Either way, it's a LOT easier, as a musician, to just write your own music than to get out of legal trouble for

Re: [android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-20 Thread Chihwah
Hello, I am sure that is not legal, you would still be using parts of an original song, so you need permission. Don't think this is the right place to ask such questions. An organisation about copyright will be able to answer your question more accurate. Cwli Op 20-1-2012 14:51, Jim

Re: [android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-20 Thread Jim Graham
On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 03:12:10PM +0100, Chihwah wrote: Op 20-1-2012 14:51, Jim Graham wrote: On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 12:50:30PM -0800, hzakimoto wrote: I'm also a musician. You've no doubt already done some composition, then, so why not just write your own? Or just ad lib. Either way,

Re: [android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-20 Thread Kristopher Micinski
I suspect that what happened was that he was using GMail and read a previous thread in the conversation to which he was replying, and *then* pushed reply, which automatically quotes the entire conversation and dumps you at the end of it, I occasionally do this and have to correct for it. kris On

Re: [android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-20 Thread Jim Graham
On Sat, Jan 21, 2012 at 02:43:42AM -0500, Kristopher Micinski wrote: I suspect that what happened was that he was using GMail and read a previous thread in the conversation to which he was replying, and *then* pushed reply, That might work, except for one thing: it was a direct reply to my

[android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-19 Thread hzakimoto
Marble Blast: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ezjoynetwork.marbleblast And here's the song mentioned: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1qbVI9iTBU They didn't use the song directly though. It's obvious they remix it. (The original song is a 16 bit sound from SNES system) Directly using

Re: [android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-19 Thread Kristopher Micinski
Directly using the song is obviously illegal. But what if I remix the song myself? I'm also a musician. Nobody here can give you legal advice, that's for a lawyer to do. In my opinion this will still be considered illegal, almost certainly, but -- as I said -- I'm not a lawyer kris -- You

Re: [android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-19 Thread Jona
I would recommend you make your own music... These types of music are so simple! Just copy the structure of the song... And apply your own keys :) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups Android Developers group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: [android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-19 Thread Christopher Van Kirk
You're assuming that they didn't pay for the right to use that song. If you pay the copyright holder, you don't necessarily have to credit them. Whether or not you credit is up to the agreement you have with the copyright holder. Anyway, this is a question of law not Android, so it doesn't

Re: [android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-19 Thread TreKing
On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 2:50 PM, hzakimoto hzakim...@gmail.com wrote: Directly using the song is obviously illegal. But what if I remix the song myself? Plagiarism is obviously illegal, but what if I re-arranged the words myself? I'm also a musician. Then come up with your own music?

[android-developers] Re: Copyright question: Can I remix a Final Fantasy song and use it in my game?

2012-01-19 Thread hzakimoto
Hi, Thank you all for replying. And sorry for being off-topic. I didn't know it's off-topic. My apology for my stupidity. The thought of using FF music never crossed my mind until I heard Chrono Trigger song from one of the Top Free game. I can create my own music. No problem with that. But if