Hey guys! Just wondering, if i use a copyrighted song on scratch will i get copyright infringement? I'm planning on using this song for a game im making. I need to know if i will get copyright infringement so then i will know not to use this song. Link here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvLhT99TXFk copy and paste the link or click

If you use it as part of a creative project you're making, such as a game or animation, that's okay. Using it just to share a song that you did not make is NOT allowed.

No, you wouldn't get any infringement.

Since Scratch is under the CCL (Creative Commons License) any copyright would be dismissed, since Scratch is for educational purposes.

Note: You can't make a project solely for music (unless if it's made by you or you helped work on it). They just started discouraging (or banning, Idk) those.

awsome_guy_360 wrote:

No, you wouldn't get any infringement.

Since Scratch is under the CCL (Creative Commons License) any copyright would be dismissed, since Scratch is for educational purposes.

Note: You can't make a project solely for music (unless if it's made by you or you helped work on it). They just started discouraging (or banning, Idk) those.

Actually, the reason Scratch projects with copyrighted music don't get taken down is just because it's not worth the copyright holders effort to go after them. Educational use is a defence but it wouldn't apply to most cases on Scratch because the music doesn't normally add to the educational value of the project.

stickfiregames wrote:

awsome_guy_360 wrote:

No, you wouldn't get any infringement.

Since Scratch is under the CCL (Creative Commons License) any copyright would be dismissed, since Scratch is for educational purposes.

Note: You can't make a project solely for music (unless if it's made by you or you helped work on it). They just started discouraging (or banning, Idk) those.

Actually, the reason Scratch projects with copyrighted music don't get taken down is just because it's not worth the copyright holders effort to go after them. Educational use is a defence but it wouldn't apply to most cases on Scratch because the music doesn't normally add to the educational value of the project.

KK…

I honestly can't keep track of all these legal things. -.-

Only if the sole purpose is to share music that you didn't make. If you're using music for an animation or something, that's allowed, but it's highly encouraged to give credit to the maker of the song, if you don't know who made the song then you can just say “Audio isn't mine” or look up the name of the song.

thank you

so wait, would i get banned if i made the entire new mario movie in scratch all voice lines, scenes and everything would i get banned than? because if so i need to unshare the mario movie i am making and just make it for myself and family to see.

DaeDaeBeast wrote:

so wait, would i get banned if i made the entire new mario movie in scratch all voice lines, scenes and everything would i get banned than? because if so i need to unshare the mario movie i am making and just make it for myself and family to see.

Assuming you would even be able to fit the entire Mario movie into a project, Nintendo probably wouldn't like that.

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DaeDaeBeast wrote:

so wait, would i get banned if i made the entire new mario movie in scratch all voice lines, scenes and everything would i get banned than? because if so i need to unshare the mario movie i am making and just make it for myself and family to see.

Assuming you would even be able to fit the entire Mario movie into a project, Nintendo probably wouldn't like that.

that's gonna be one deep-fried crispy mario movie