Bobby Prince's Keen 4-6 musics

szemi · Post by **szemi** » Sat Nov 09, 2013 23:28

Call me crazy, but are his musics free to use in any Keen mods?

NO COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT or something, just asking.

(I refer to "Jazz Me" mainly)

Post by **Levellass** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 0:36

Interesting question.

I believe technically no, sine you're using his music which I believe he does have under copyright. But I doubt he would care, especially if it's in a Keen mod.

Post by **Flaose** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 3:07

Keen mods (especially ones starring Commander Keen and sprites based off of Commander Keen) are all technically copyright infringing. id doesn't seem to care though.

szemi · Post by **szemi** » Sun Nov 10, 2013 10:44

Flaose wrote:Keen mods (especially ones starring Commander Keen and sprites based off of Commander Keen) are all technically copyright infringing. id doesn't seem to care though.

They should be glad because of the lots of fan, who mods Keen, etc. -> growing the Keen fanbase.

Post by **Keening_Product** » Mon Nov 11, 2013 5:39

Greater fan base =/= fatter wallet

Malvineous · Post by **Malvineous** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 23:05

Bobby Prince created a MIDI version of "Jazz Me" many years ago. The MIDI file contains some text events which say:

(C) 1992, Robert C. Prince - bobby prince Music, BMI
NOT FOR PUBLIC PERFORMANCE WITHOUT A LICENSE FROM BMI - license@bpmusic.com for info

But then I would think this is more to prevent commercial use, given that Bobby is selling modern remakes of his tracks. He seems pretty enthusiastic about community projects using his work, so as long as you're not trying to make money out of it and you give him credit, I don't think anyone is going to complain.

szemi · Post by **szemi** » Sat Nov 16, 2013 23:23

I guess/think this affects his other musics he composed.

Anyway, like I said at the beginning, no copyright infringement or something like that. I respect copyright and evident I won't use his musics in my Keen mods.

StupidBunny · Post by **StupidBunny** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 0:06

Malvineous wrote:But then I would think this is more to prevent commercial use, given that Bobby is selling modern remakes of his tracks. He seems pretty enthusiastic about community projects using his work, so as long as you're not trying to make money out of it and you give him credit, I don't think anyone is going to complain.

The conclusion was that you'd be fine using his tracks in your mod.

Paramultart · Post by **Paramultart** » Sun Nov 17, 2013 5:59

I remember when I was eleven years old (in 2001), I would write fan letters to Mr. Prince.
He was always super nice. In one of them, I asked him if I could use his music in my Wolf3D mods. He basically said yes, and implied the same thing Malvineous wrote.
So yeah, I don't think he minds so long as no one is profiting from his work.