Licences

ayunir1 wrote on 11/23/2015, 4:01 AM

Are the six soundpools included with the purchase of Magix Music Maker 2016 licensed for commercial use? The soundpools are: 80s Dancing on my Own, Chillout Blue Laguna, Deep House En Movement, Hiphop My Territory, Rock Pop Reality, and Techno Strobe Light. And my follow up question, is there a way to check in the music program what songs are currently licensed?

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johnebaker wrote on 11/23/2015, 6:13 AM

Hi

. . . . Are the six soundpools included with the purchase of Magix Music Maker 2016 licensed for commercial use? . . . .

No - you must purchase the Pro licences for all soundpools used in commercial content from Catooh.

. . . . is there a way to check in the music program what songs are currently licensed? . . . .

In a nutshell the rules are for the default software licence:

a.   Soundpools and collections - these are copyrighted and require the commercial licence for use

b.   You should refrain from using the built in synthesizer melodies eg double click Revolta for example will put a melody on the timeline.

c.   Drum synthesizers are the exception to copyright / licencing - they are too generic.

d.   Playing the synthesizers (by external MIDI keyboard or using the Midi editor) with your own compositions and settings does not require a commercial licence.

HTH

John EB

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