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| using royalty-free loops with commercial work :: copyright | 02 apr 2009 |
Who is the author of a musical work when the composer uses some royalty-free loops? It's a frequently asked question.
The answer always depends on the terms and conditions of the royalty-free loops services.
In the case of the GarageBand software, the license agreement says that you may use the Apple and third party audio loop content, containes in or otherwise included with the Apple Software, on a royalty-free basis, to create your own original music compositition or audio projects. You may broadcast and/or distribute your own music compositions or audio projects that were created using the audio content. On the contrary, you may not commercialize or distribute on a individual basis the audio loops.
The swiss law provides that only a physical person may be author LDA cf. art. 6. A society or a software couldn't be a creator.
In conclusion, only a person can be the author of a musical work. So you should be considered as the author of the musical work which is made of loops. But only the terms and conditions of the services are crucial to know if you can exploit commercially the result of your creation.
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