Arcade songs in stepmania.

mariomario · Basic Member Joined: 04 Nov 2003

What would I need to do to legally play the songs from the DDR max2 arcade game in stepmania?

hooded__paladin · Trick Member Joined: 10 Nov 2003

DDR Max2 soundtrack... DDR Max2 game...

see where this is going? whatever you own that has that song on it gives you the legal rights...

mariomario · Basic Member Joined: 04 Nov 2003

So does that mean that if I get the soundtrack to the game I can then download the stepfiles and mp3s and that would be legal?

-PîMPîN$ûPèR$îZèD- · Posted: Tue Jan 06, 2004 7:25 am Post subject:

Fa sho.
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halfling · Trick Member Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands

What's the deal when I wanna play those songs on SM at a friends house? Or at a party? Or a con?

I don't think owning the soundtrack or the game covers that... do I have to pay royalties, and if I do, whom should I contact, Konami or some association comparable to the RIAA?

Are stepfiles copyrighted? Then the soundtrack wouldn't be enough to play the songs with SM..,

hooded__paladin · Trick Member Joined: 10 Nov 2003

then just buy the games. No legality issues there.

halfling · Trick Member Joined: 11 Mar 2003 Location: Netherlands

That wouldn't solve the problem of playing the songs in public places. Owning the game which the songs came from is only enough for home-use in SM.

Knee-ill · Trick Member Joined: 10 Jan 2004

Well lets see:
You have the NON-COPYRIGHTED stepmania
You have the LEGAL copy of the songs
You have the FREE stepfiles

I think it's legal, as long as you don't advertised anything with the song, parties and such is ok.
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Shy · Trick Member Joined: 01 May 2002

OK when it comes to DDR:

Only the songs and the name Dance Dance Revolution is copyrighted.

So if someone really wanted they CAN create a clone of DDR name is something different and as long as they get the rights to the songs, can put any song on their clone as they want.

Stepmania is a DDR Clone for computer.

So...with that in mind when you buy the soundtrack of a mix or the game for a mix, you are have ownership of part of the copyright to the song, in that you can use the songs in any way you see fit as long as you do not illegally copy the songs and redistrubute them.

Think of it this way, you asked about having friends over to play, this is legal because it would be just like listening to the songs on the radio. Radio stations buy the CDs from artists or are given them for free and own them and are buy law allowed to broadcast them.

You letting your friends play is just like a radio broadcasting on the radio. Totally legal.
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hooded__paladin · Trick Member Joined: 10 Nov 2003

bad example ... radio stations have to pay royalties.

EndlessWaltz · Trick Member Joined: 26 Dec 2003 Location: !!!BAYONNE!!!

deos it really make a diffrence if you download it illegally people act like they can find out.

[DMB]dman.exe · Trick Member Joined: 28 Mar 2003