Music Maker Licenses

DJKodi wrote on 7/20/2017, 3:08 AM

I have seen some posts similar to mine but none were entirely 100% clear on my topic.

I get that you need to purchase a license to use loops and soundpools to distribute them commercially. And that's where things get a bit muddled for me. And AudioPro Unlimited license reads in the General section:

"The purpose of this agreement is to put the customer in a position to use the content for certain commercial purposes. However, this agreement is not supposed to offer the customer the opportunity to transfer, re-license, divest or permit usage of the content as such to third parties unless permitted in individual cases within the framework of this agreement."

Yet, later it states:

The provider grants the customer unlimited temporal and physical, non-exclusive and non-transferable rights to private and non-commercial usage of the content. With this consideration the provider grants the customer unlimited temporal and physical, non-exclusive and non-transferable rights to the following commercial usage of the content:

So now I'm confused. It's says commercial in the first definition, and non-commercial in the second.

The reason I ask is that I would eventually like to sell my music I make with Music Maker 2016 on my PC. However the way everything is phrased, "Commercial" seems to mean only distribute, not able to sell. As in I can put them on CDs or with movies and give them away, but cannot collect any funds for them. Is this the case?

If so, then what is the point of such licenses, and is there no way to get a license to sell the songs I make with the loops and such that I've purchased in the store?

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johnebaker wrote on 7/20/2017, 4:12 AM

There are restrictions on commercial usage depending on the licence bought - see here for the actual limitations - listed in the left column and the specifics for each licence type.

For example if you have the Audio Pro Standard licence you can only make / sell 1000 copies of a music CD or DVD.

Which licence type you purchase requires you to consider how the product is delivered, how many impressions, downloads, plays, etc you expect.

HTH

John EB

DJKodi wrote on 7/20/2017, 4:50 AM

Hi

There are restrictions on commercial usage depending on the licence bought - see here for the actual limitations - listed in the left column and the specifics for each licence type.

For example if you have the Audio Pro Standard licence you can only make / sell 1000 copies of a music CD or DVD.

Which licence type you purchase requires you to consider how the product is delivered, how many impressions, downloads, plays, etc you expect.

HTH

John EB

Okay. It wasn't clear on the number of CDs and such. Do I have to pay Royalities to Magix if even if I own a license?

johnebaker wrote on 7/20/2017, 5:22 AM

. . . . Do I have to pay Royalities to Magix if even if I own a license? . . . .

No.

There is more information here.

Also do note the distinction between copyright and royalties, these are two entirely separate things and are often mixed up when referring to one or the other.

HTH

John EB