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syneptic syneptic is a male

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so , a friend of mine is addicted to half life 2 . i hat pc games but the sounds just blow my mind . they are tight as hell !
i checked the whole sound file (all sounds in wav) and i used them for a tune. i know that i can´t post it on dnb.be (because of copyright , and if it is allowed - tell me please !!!)
but is it ok usually ? "big" names use movie voices,and sounds etc. and i think if you change the sounds , it is ok !
maybe this is a stupid question, but i hope that someone can answer it !! thanks in advance

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01-04-2006 15:26

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Muad'Dib Muad'Dib is a male

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Copyrights issues are always the same:

you have no permission to use any media, except when the author and/or the publisher gives you permission to do so.

So you can't use them. You can change them to not be easily recognized, thus in a court they cannot prove you took them, but you still did an illegal thing, even though it cannot be proven.

It is the same as killing a man and burying him elsewhere - noone will know, but you still killed him.

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01-04-2006 15:52

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syneptic syneptic is a male

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...but this is a bad example .... Smile

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it is strange , because i son´t think that hidden/slacknote or evol intent had the rights of using the voice samples of requiem for a dream (hidden & slacknote - where s the score (evol intent remix))
and there are thousands of released tunes which contain of movie quotes,fx,vocals screams and so on ......... kind of strange - do these artists have the rights ????

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01-04-2006 17:03

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No, they don't Wink

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01-04-2006 17:17

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its all about risk

and wether the tune form those artists mentioned starts making large sales

and its all about money

nearly all of us on here dont have that dilema but still its good practice to follow the advice given

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01-04-2006 17:30

Dave_Akuma Dave_Akuma is a male

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legally, muad'dib is correct...realistically, no one's gonna come after you unless you start selling 10,000 copies or more (which is VERY unlikely in dnb)...

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01-04-2006 17:57

Friscko Friscko is a male

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quote:

Originally posted by Dave_Akuma
(which is VERY unlikely in dnb)...

unless u are pendulum....

Offtopic

Offtopic

btw: i think friction may start to get a bit afraid, as that pump friction bootleg is becoming very very popular (it's getting daytime airplay on belgian national radio...)

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01-04-2006 18:26

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syneptic syneptic is a male

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and @ d.akuma - i think (i´m not sure) that i found some sounds of manhack in the half life 2 library.... but í´m not sure ... Smile

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but i shouldn´t post it on dnb.be ....

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01-04-2006 19:01

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I use the half life 2 sound library sometimes too, and it's really awesome. (The game was good too btw Smile

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Dont think its really a problem, as long as you dont make loads of money with it, like the other guys already said.

01-04-2006 20:01

Arkitekt Arkitekt is a male

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samples pack or STFU!

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01-04-2006 23:52

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quote:

Originally posted by syneptic
and @ d.akuma - i think (i´m not sure) that i found some sounds of manhack in the half life 2 library.... but í´m not sure ... Smile

Smile

but i shouldn´t post it on dnb.be ....

welll duh, why do you think it was called manhack in the first place?

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02-04-2006 01:04

Greyone Greyone is a male

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lol yeah , everybody does it , but nobody cares.
if i was you , i'd do it .
copyright my ass , as long if it isnt too obvious.

02-04-2006 03:47

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Originally posted by greyone
lol yeah , everybody does it , but nobody cares.
if i was you , i'd do it .
copyright my ass , as long if it isnt too obvious.

hehe yeah, i copyrighted mine, jus in case lol
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02-04-2006 07:23

Greyone Greyone is a male

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quote:

Originally posted by Glim

quote:

Originally posted by greyone
lol yeah , everybody does it , but nobody cares.
if i was you , i'd do it .
copyright my ass , as long if it isnt too obvious.

hehe yeah, i copyrighted mine, jus in case lol
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you copyrighted your pc game sounds ? cause i ment that.
i wont sample from somebody's track , only samplepacks i find.

02-04-2006 12:31

syneptic syneptic is a male

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Originally posted by greyone

i wont sample from somebody's track , only samplepacks i find.

i wouldn´t do that too - exxcept samplepacks...

the pc game sounds are a revolution for me - i made a new tune , and it is so much darker than my old tunes - and some sounds really blow me away (explosion , slaps, screams etc.)

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02-04-2006 15:29

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Yeah, sometimes it seems like no matter how hard you try, you can't do screams or spooky sounds by yourself, so you gotta use the samplepacks

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02-04-2006 15:34

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quote:

Originally posted by greyone

quote:

Originally posted by Glim

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Originally posted by greyone
lol yeah , everybody does it , but nobody cares.
if i was you , i'd do it .
copyright my ass , as long if it isnt too obvious.

hehe yeah, i copyrighted mine, jus in case lol
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you copyrighted your pc game sounds ? cause i ment that.
i wont sample from somebody's track , only samplepacks i find.

no no no, i meant i copyrighted my ass

my fuckin ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

lol Wink

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04-04-2006 04:28

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If your using the sample(s) for non profit than it's unlikly your gonna be sued, but you might get some tell you to remove the track offline (it it's hosted on the net) or to remove the sample. But as soon as you start selling your track or it goes mainstream you could find yourself in deep shit.

Judge Jules on using acapellas (I would assume that this would also apply to sampling other stuff): "There’s a well-established music industry adage “where there’s a hit there’s a writ”, meaning that if your version went on to achieve great success you might have some problems down the line, but if it’s just for limited-run white label purposes or just for yourself, you needn’t worry."

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09-04-2006 01:13

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HALF LIFE SOUNDS RULEZ

actually mister breen have the voice made for the tune intros...
and aliens are M-E-A-N when you try to pitch down some and add a distortion...(did and now its a reece language).

i mean when u are surrounded with stuff like that you make your tune even better subconciously cause you found yourself some crazy samples,

and that is good for dnb religion.

20-05-2007 21:51

Halph-Price Halph-Price is a male

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I think he's got a point there. yea at the least you can replace the samples, but you still have something to keep you going in the right direction. or re-record something good yourself.

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