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hello,

im really knew here. I would like to ask how can i credit properly the author of the sfx? since the sfx that i like to use is under CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/)

I like to use the sfx for my youtube video to be exact.

Thank you!

As it's an attribution license, the only big thing you need to credit is the original creator (the user that uploaded it), and preferably a link to that sound.

How you give credit is really up to you.

For example, in the descriptions of my sounds I suggest this format:
"Waterfall, Small, B.wav" by InspectorJ of Freesound.org

But you could re-write that however you want, for example:
InspectorJ: 'Waterfall, Small, B.wav' - http://www.freesound.org/people/InspectorJ/sounds/365921/

You could put something like that in the video description, or as text at the end of the video.

So really, it's up to you how you give credit, but just make sure to include the name of the original creator, and also preferably a link.

thank you! will sure to credit them properly

Not sure how to ask a question from new on this forum (or any forum really) I am looking to use some of the sound effects on an audio interpretation exhibit at an outdoor site - listener pumps the post to charge battery and then listens to a track telling the story of the geology of the site. would attribution on a project website be adequate? there is no printed media associated with the sound installation so I can't write it anywhere on the site, but I could put a QR code on the pillar and refer the user to the script and attributions
would this be acceptable?

abbyamadan wrote:
I could put a QR code on the pillar and refer the user to the script and attributions
would this be acceptable?

That's a very creative way of doing it, and yes that's definitely acceptable. You can basically attribute the sounds however you like, so as long as you are attributing in some way, it is probably more than enough.

Just in case you didn't also know, you don't have to attribute at all for sounds that have the CC0 license (Creative Commons 0 license) unless you want to. And sometimes the authors gives exceptions in the descriptions of their sounds saying that you don't have to give attribution, even if the sound has an attribution license etc.

thanks for that.
Hopefully folks visiting the site will now just have more than a description of the volcano that formed our ring dyke and the ice sheets that engulfed it, they will be immersed in the whole idea with the addition of sound effects to the listening post - QR code it is!