Associated Production Music (Commercial use)
I just wanted to check to be sure. I have made a couple of films for in-house marketing of the company I work for and I wanted to double check the license for the APmusic. The films I have made for our company are up on youtube and one of the films got flagged up as the audio belonging to someone else.
This has caused a debate in the office as to the meaning of the wording in the license. I just wanted to clarify this:
"Part 2, Section D, Item c of the FCS License:-
+c) Soundtrack Pro. You may use the Apple and third party audio file content (including, but not limited to, the built-in sound files, samples and impulse responses) (collectively the “Audio Content”), contained in or otherwise included with the Apple Software, on a royalty-free basis, to create your own original soundtracks for your film, video and audio projects. You may broadcast and/or distribute your own soundtracks that were created using the Audio Content, however, individual audio files may not be commercially or otherwise distributed on a standalone basis, nor may they be repackaged in whole or in part as audio samples, sound files or music beds.+"
In my understanding this means that once you have bought FCS you can use the APmusic or any of the Sountrack Pro Loops for any use be it private or corporate, whether your video is an advert or just a short film. I read this as, the only thing you cant do with the Loops is sell them individually or as a collective.
However various other people in the office think that it involves any use where the files are distributed in a commercial context. Therefore our use of the APmusic on a film intended to advertise our services contravenes the license, and therefore needs to be taken down.
I have noticed other people asking similar questions but none that I have seen request confirmation on the rules for commercial FCS users.
If someone could give me a more black/white answer on this that would be great
Soundtrack Pro, Mac OS X (10.6.7)