(10-26-2017, 05:47 PM)Fearthainn Wrote: What do you mean 'emulating music not in the game'?
Basically we're not supposed to use Perform to play songs from, say, the latest Top 40 Charts or something.
It's a copyright problem that nobody really wants to dig up at the moment. So to be safe, we're only supposed to Perform songs that are either already in the game somewhere (thus sidestepping the copyright issue), or that we came up with on our own and are willing to give it away without monetization.
There is, of course, no word on how strictly this will be enforced.
Staccato was primarily pointing out that certain songs from RL have been referenced in-game via localization parodies, so it's not clear whether this falls under "music that's already in-game", or "music from other non-game sources". Because the lyrics have changed to fit Eorzea, but the melody allegedly remains the same.
Personally I would assume these fall under the legal grey area of filks and other parodies, ie safe only as long as the authorities don't push it.
