Can anyone make a neat sub-mod that replaces the music with the actual GOT series soundtracks? If it already exists can someone point me to it?
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No, and no. The music from the series is copyrighted and can't be used by the mod team, hence why original music was developed.
Yup, if you own the music yourself, you're free to add it to the game, just don't publish it anywhere else
I'm not talking about the actual mod team making a soundtrack rofl. I'm just asking if someone could make a sub-mod for the mod... It's not illegal if you don't claim any credibility for the music. It's not a big deal, if worst comes to worst I'll do it myself. I just have no idea how I would replace the sound files without copy/pasting new music into the music folder.
Um, yes it is. It's hugely illegal - it's Copyright Infringement to reproduce in part or whole copyrighted material without the express permission of the copyright holder.
That's exactly how you do it - if you own the soundtrack, you can just copy/paste the files into the music folder to replace the music. It's that simple.
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Well, technically you have to convert said music files to .ogg format and you have to make some edits to songs.txt or add a new text file for te game to acknowledge the new songs. It's a relatively easy process, but hardly just drag and drop.
I admit I over-simplified the process, it's just that the whole "It's not illegal" thing really wound me up - plus I've had the files converted for the last year or so, so I did forget that part. Thanks for clarifying.
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Alright thanks everyone, I'll just make a private sub-mod for this so I can enjoy it ;p
I am a little fuzzy on all those legal technicalities; is conversion of the files really legal?
As long as you obtained the files legally (usually by purchase), you can do whatever you want with them privately. Anything done for your own use, without the intent to share it with others cannot infringe on copyright, it's the act of sharing the files in any way that constitutes copyright infringement*.
*There are myriad exceptions to the rules of copyright infringement, too numerous and sometimes complicated to explain in a short post, but my above statement is broadly applicable.
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How about just uploading a music.txt file and maybe a tutorial so that people who own legitimate copies can just paste that music file in the music folder after they convert their own files?
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