Is it illegal to...

2011-09-15 12:43:20 pm

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Probably a dumb "?" but

If I make an animated movie where all characters and animation is mine, right? but I use video game music that's straight out of video games throughout the whole movie and show it in theaters worldwide. Is it illegal?

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Opium

2011-09-15 01:07:18 pm

Using any copyrighted media without permission is illegal. Why?

Super KB

2011-09-15 01:17:28 pm

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eh because i was thinking about becoming a cartoonist or something and make animated movies but only VGM inspires me.

Turtle

2011-09-15 01:35:04 pm

I like turtles.

Just go to the OCRemix forums and have those guys whip something up. They know game music.

Super KB

2011-09-15 01:38:29 pm

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Ah that's a good idea thanks turtle!

tomatobob

2011-09-15 07:16:29 pm

One shall stand, one shall ball.

Quote from Super KB:

eh because i was thinking about becoming a cartoonist or something and make animated movies but only VGM inspires me.

Maybe you should open up your musical tastes to something beyond video games, there is plenty out there!

Poision Envy

2011-09-15 07:29:58 pm

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"VGM" is pretty vague and pretty much covers every genre. That'd be like saying you only like music that are in movies or whatever else.

Generaly "cartoonists" aren't the ones who manage the music either so you wouldn't really have to worry about that. There are animators who just animate the whole thing, the storyboard artists that pretty much just lay down the outline, the storyboard writers that write out the story, and then a musician or two that handle all the background music.

ryu

2011-09-15 08:54:30 pm

>20
>want to be cartoonist

you better start spending more than half your day drawing sooner than later.

Poision Envy

2011-09-15 09:10:46 pm

Club 27 Goals

it would be safe to assume he didn't use his real birthday when registering.

Super KB

2011-09-16 11:18:35 am

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well it isn't safe because that is my real birthday *starts drawing circles*

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Quote from Super KB:

eh because i was thinking about becoming a cartoonist or something and make animated movies but only VGM inspires me.

Maybe you should open up your musical tastes to something beyond video games, there is plenty out there!

I don't know what it is I just can't, VGM is just my passion and I'm not a big fan of lyrics. I'm just too much more of an instrumental person.

Behemoth

2011-09-16 01:08:58 pm

[/quote]I'm just too much more of an instrumental person.[/quote]

Me too. Even though I like bands, I like bands that let their music do the talking first and foremost, even if they have lyrics though.

Loudclaw

2011-10-01 10:32:24 pm

Don't cross me, or I will kill you!

Ditto. I really enjoy the creepy Metroid music. Like Tourian. Ever since I defeated MB on Zero Mission and gained Power Bombs, I've gone down to Tourian and paused the game. The without-a-dent part, of course. I don't exactly like the post-boss music too much. Though I'll sometimes run down to places like Kraid's Lair or that room with the Super Missile door in the Mother Ship. (You know, the one that you pass by in the Zero Suit?) Then I'll pause the game there. I seriously hate the Zero Suit sequence. I hate having to hide. But it's interesting. Anyway, yes. It's illegal to just TAKE video game music and call it your own. Just ask the company who made it if you can use it. Then in the credits, say that they supplied you with the music. That way it's not illegal. But only if you do that.