iMovie "for non-commercial use?"

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iMovie "for non-commercial use?"

Hello,

I was reading in the license agreeement for iMovie for Mac that the software could only be used for "personal, non-commercial use," according to section 2B. However, I'm a bit unclear on what this means--does it mean that I can't use the software to make videos which I profit from? I'm asking because, I wanted to start a YouTube channel with the intent of eventually monetizing the videos. So my question is--does the license agreement permit me to monetize YouTube videos that I edited with iMovie?

iMovie 10, OS X Yosemite (10.10.2)

Posted on May 28, 2015 9:31 AM

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Klaus1

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May 28, 2015 9:57 AM in response to Errga

Yes you can, and you can also use the audio tracks that come with it.

There are a number of con-men who think that they can earn a quick buck from claiming that they own the copyright to Apple’s royalty-free jingles and sound effects included with the iLife applications. These are all free to use, as clearly stated in section 2.C of the iLife Software License Agreement:

“You may use the Apple and third party audio content (“Audio Content”) contained in or otherwise included with the Apple software, on a royalty-free basis, to create your own original soundtracks for your video and audio projects. You may broadcast and/or distribute your own soundtracks that were created using the Audio Content, however, individual samples, sound sets, or audio content 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, sound effects or music beds.”

http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/ilife09.pdf

You should quote this (also providing the above link) when following the dispute process with YouTube.

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