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Hi everybody,

I'm new to this site and couldn't find the answer to one of my questions. The Creative Commons License under which the samples are released says to "give the original author credit" if using his samples in a commercial work (and I suppose that would be nice for any public work, whether commercial or not). Now the question is : how is one supposed to do so since the samples do not bear the name of their creator ? Which name would it be anyway : his/her real name or the nickname he/she uses on the site ?
Thanks for your answers !

I am pretty sure you can tak with the creator about it using email or pm here. If you cannot find him/her just use the info u find clicking his nick-->forum info

My pleasure.

Well, I suppose it wouldn't be a problem if I renamed every sample I download to mention the nickname of its author. Then, hopefully, I would be able to find him/her when I use the sample publicly (although this can happen in several years from now). But this does not look like a reasonable solution if I download several Sample Packs from the site, because it would involve renaming dozens of samples one by one ...
Any further suggestions ?

totor
Any further suggestions ?

You probably know this already, but the attribution list at http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersAttribution.php will help you with attributing sounds to authors (albeit by username).

Regarding the problem of finding the author of the sound years later, you (or, eventually, if Bram likes the idea, the site itself) could include the freesound sound ID in the file name. That would at least give an easy way of getting back to its own page. e.g. http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=xxx

totor
Any further suggestions ?

roo
You probably know this already, but the attribution list at http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/usersAttribution.php will help you with attributing sounds to authors (albeit by username).

I didn't know this. Thanks ! It all seems much easyer now

roo
Regarding the problem of finding the author of the sound years later, you (or, eventually, if Bram likes the idea, the site itself) could include the freesound sound ID in the file name. That would at least give an easy way of getting back to its own page. e.g. http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=xxx

Yes, that would probably be a good solution (specially when sending a sample to someone else for example). But I couldn't open the link you mentioned ("ID not set").

totor
...But I couldn't open the link you mentioned ("ID not set").

The "xxx" was to indicate it's an example. ID 1 would be http://freesound.iua.upf.edu/samplesViewSingle.php?id=1 and so on.

Years later,if you find a sample on ur HD and freesound stills alive, you still could check your attribution list of samples downloaded and do a search for the name of the sample you just found on it. You will get all the info including the ID site of each sample.

Anyway, to add the ID of the sample prepended on the filename wouldn't bother and will make it easier to access it's site, yes, i agree.

I have a question on license... Can i deny the use of my sample to someone? like if some enterprise i don't like, wants to use the sample, and, since i do not like them... i do not want them to use it for commercial purposes... getting money using it... because i do not like their actions...

Like if some weapon producer uses some sample of mine for their website or for a game on their website, flash-based... and i do not like them and want to avoid them to use it.. can i ?

plagasul
I have a question on license... Can i deny the use of my sample to someone? like if some enterprise i don't like, wants to use the sample, and, since i do not like them... i do not want them to use it for commercial purposes... getting money using it... because i do not like their actions...

Like if some weapon producer uses some sample of mine for their website or for a game on their website, flash-based... and i do not like them and want to avoid them to use it.. can i ?

i am not completely sure here (correct me if i'm wrong anyone), the short answer is "no". but that is a technicality, because you can't deny anyone any rights. if ACME Institutional WarfareSystems Inc. used your sample in an advertisement for their "Poor-People Oppressor 2000", they would be breaking the creative commons (cc) license agreement. the person who uses your sound can only use it to create new works. they can't advertise at all (except to promote the works that they created using your samples).

excerpt from the license:

"3. License Grant & Restrictions. Subject to the terms and conditions of this License, Licensor hereby grants You a worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclusive, perpetual (for the duration of the applicable copyright) license to exercise the rights in the Work as stated below on the conditions as stated below:

a. Re-creativity permitted. You may create and reproduce Derivative Works, provided that:

i. the Derivative Work(s) constitute a good-faith partial or recombined usage employing "sampling," "collage," "mash-up," or other comparable artistic technique, whether now known or hereafter devised, that is highly transformative of the original, as appropriate to the medium, genre, and market niche; and

ii. Your Derivative Work(s) must only make a partial use of the original Work, or if You choose to use the original Work as a whole, You must either use the Work as an insubstantial portion of Your Derivative Work(s) or transform it into something substantially different from the original Work. In the case of a musical Work and/or audio recording, the mere synchronization ("synching") of the Work with a moving image shall not be considered a transformation of the Work into something substantially different.

b. You may distribute copies or phonorecords of, display publicly, perform publicly, and perform publicly by means of a digital audio transmission, any Derivative Work(s) authorized under this License.

c. Prohibition on advertising. All advertising and promotional uses are excluded from the above rights, except for advertisement and promotion of the Derivative Work(s) that You are creating from the Work and Yourself as the author thereof.

...if ACME Institutional WarfareSystems Inc. used your sample in an advertisement for their "Poor-People Oppressor 2000.....

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