Legal rights in Garage Band
OK, big stupid question here, cause I can't find the EULA for GB, and probably couldn't read it even if I could:
Do users of GarageBand have the right to sell commercially, without paying royalty fees, works using GB loops? In other words, do I get to be a real band, or am I just a poseur with a cool toy (from a legal perspective that is.. we'll withold judgement on other interpretations.
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Do users of GarageBand have the right to sell commercially, without paying royalty fees, works using GB loops? In other words, do I get to be a real band, or am I just a poseur with a cool toy (from a legal perspective that is.. we'll withold judgement on other interpretations.
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OK, big stupid question here, cause I can't find the EULA for GB, and probably couldn't read it even if I could:
Do users of GarageBand have the right to sell commercially, without paying royalty fees, works using GB loops? In other words, do I get to be a real band, or am I just a poseur with a cool toy (from a legal perspective that is.. we'll withold judgement on other interpretations.
They are all copyright free!!!
They are all copyright free!!!
eh... COPYRIGHT free, or ROYALTY free?
eh... COPYRIGHT free, or ROYALTY free?
Same same.
Same same.
Ok, gotcha. But they're not really. ;D
Ok, gotcha. But they're not really. ;D
You can't get royalties on music that's not copyrighted. I should know, I made an album with my old band and rang the trademark office to find it out.
You can't get royalties on music that's not copyrighted. I should know, I made an album with my old band and rang the trademark office to find it out.
And yet, music, such as loops, MAY be offered for sale without requiring the purchaser to pay royalty fees, while still retaining the sole right to produce and sell the loops for yourself.
I'm noting the difference between public domain and stock/royalty free materials. For example, do I have the legal right to burn copies of a Jam Pack and sell them? That right belongs to the copyright holder. Royalty-free I'm interpreting as the copyright holder giving me permission, once I've paid the original fee, to use his or her IP in my own work in a derivative fashion.
And yet, music, such as loops, MAY be offered for sale without requiring the purchaser to pay royalty fees, while still retaining the sole right to produce and sell the loops for yourself.
I'm noting the difference between public domain and stock/royalty free materials. For example, do I have the legal right to burn copies of a Jam Pack and sell them? That right belongs to the copyright holder. Royalty-free I'm interpreting as the copyright holder giving me permission, once I've paid the original fee, to use his or her IP in my own work in a derivative fashion.
Is that what you really intended doing? Selling CD's of Apple's Garage Loops? Let me know when you sell three copies. I'm guessing time travel will be out by then. Just do what you want with the loops, goodbye.
Is that what you really intended doing? Selling CD's of Apple's Garage Loops? Let me know when you sell three copies. I'm guessing time travel will be out by then. Just do what you want with the loops, goodbye.
Lol, no. That was to make the point that royalty free != copyright free.
I do appreciate the answer.
Lol, no. That was to make the point that royalty free != copyright free.
I do appreciate the answer.
You're welcome.