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Is Apple slideshow music royalty free?

Hello,


I created a slideshow in Photo using music provided by Apple Photo for the chosen theme. I was in Germany at the time. I then wanted to uploade the resulting file into my Youtube account to share it. During the upload YouTube informed me that the music was recognized as protected music and I would need to provide prove that I had a license to upload and share it.


Now my question, is the music provided by Apple Photo license free or has a public use license to allow use/sharing on the web in Apple Photo slideshows? If it is license free, then my next question is, where does one finde information/proof about about thes melodies being royalty free.


Thanks for sheding light on this issue,

Berthold

MacBook Air, macOS Sierra (10.12.1)

Posted on Nov 14, 2016 10:42 AM

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Posted on Nov 19, 2016 6:17 AM

You can read more in the full license agreement you agreed to, when you installed macOS Sierra with Photos for Mac. It puts into legal writing what TD stated:


http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOS1012.pdf



G. Photos App Features and Support. The Photos application of the Apple Software (“Photos App”) may not support some video and photo formats. Use of some features of the Photos App will depend on the features of your camera. Synchronizing photos with the Photos App and any Apple or third party services may result in loss of data. The slideshow graphics, music and themes included with the Photos App are only for personal, non-commercial use in slideshows you create using the Photos App. You may not use, extract or distribute, commercially or otherwise, on a standalone basis, any photographs, images, graphics, artwork, audio, video or similar assets (“Digital Materials”) contained within, or provided as a part of, the Photos App, or otherwise use the Digital Materials outside the context of its intended use as part of the Photos App. Printing from Apple Print Services is subject to the Print Services terms and conditions located at: http://www.apple.com/internetservices/terms/ membership_terms.html. Apple Print services may not be available for all areas. Please check the preferences and consult the user documentation for the Apple Software for more information.


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Nov 19, 2016 6:17 AM in response to TheForth99

You can read more in the full license agreement you agreed to, when you installed macOS Sierra with Photos for Mac. It puts into legal writing what TD stated:


http://images.apple.com/legal/sla/docs/macOS1012.pdf



G. Photos App Features and Support. The Photos application of the Apple Software (“Photos App”) may not support some video and photo formats. Use of some features of the Photos App will depend on the features of your camera. Synchronizing photos with the Photos App and any Apple or third party services may result in loss of data. The slideshow graphics, music and themes included with the Photos App are only for personal, non-commercial use in slideshows you create using the Photos App. You may not use, extract or distribute, commercially or otherwise, on a standalone basis, any photographs, images, graphics, artwork, audio, video or similar assets (“Digital Materials”) contained within, or provided as a part of, the Photos App, or otherwise use the Digital Materials outside the context of its intended use as part of the Photos App. Printing from Apple Print Services is subject to the Print Services terms and conditions located at: http://www.apple.com/internetservices/terms/ membership_terms.html. Apple Print services may not be available for all areas. Please check the preferences and consult the user documentation for the Apple Software for more information.


Nov 19, 2016 6:00 AM in response to TheForth99

Click the "Acknowledgements" button in the About panel in Photos:

Photos > About Photos.


You will see that parts of the theme music are copyright protected:


Acknowledgements

General

Portions of this Apple Software may utilize the following copyrighted material, the use of which is hereby acknowledged.

“31 Days” performed by Zee Avi.
“A Horse is Not a Home” performed by Miike Snow. “Classic” by Hans Zimmer.
“Ken Burns” by Helios.
“Magazine” by Keith Kenni
.
“Origami” by Goldmund.

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Nov 19, 2016 12:45 AM in response to TheForth99

Are there no Apple people in this forum? Someone at Apple must know, if the music that comes with Photo is royalty free and can be published in a slideshow/videos and where one can find proof for it.


I for one will not publish anymore until this is resolved and will recommend to others not to publish, because here in Germany the lawyers have gone on hunts to find copyright/GEMA enfringements and send "Abmahnbescheide"/ceese and desist orders with nice little (1200 Euro+) bills attached to them.


Apple, please clarify and publish. Thanks.

Nov 19, 2016 6:31 AM in response to TheForth99

, is the music provided by Apple Photo license free or has a public use license to allow use/sharing on the web in Apple Photo slideshows?


It's free for personal use but that would not including publishing in public forums. So, send it to your Granny, no problem, upload it on YouTube to be seen by the world not allowed.


Also, Apple are not on this forum. This forum is for users talking to other users.

Is Apple slideshow music royalty free?

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