Here you will find info vital to using music and sound effects in any type of application you're designing. I will add links for Copyright laws in Europe and other Countries as well.
A Quick note:
Copyright = ©
Sound/Recording copyright = ℗
Trade Mark = ™
Registered Trade Mark = ®
1) Copyrights expire after *50 years of the writer's death if it is not passed through his/hers will. So if done through a family tree, a copyright can continue.*
2) While expired copyrights may allow great songs to be used... do not reproduce a recording of a song without checking to see if the ℗ has expired.
3) Trade Marks are "The Sims 2™"
4) Registered Trade marks are "Maxis®"
USA:
http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/Copyright/
Hope it helps people who need it
(* - This is purely for the USA as I haven't had to look into any changes in other countries... however they are all accumulated VIA Intellectual Property Laws or "IP" for short.)
-Sound Designer Daryn
Jack and Jill went up a hill to fetch a pale of water... but Jill got tired of his s#%& so she shot him.
