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It is important to always try to credit whatever material you've obtained from third-party sources to be put into your work, even if the original author/composer/artist allows free use of it. It is proper etiquette which will guide you well in maneuvering the treacherous waters of various copyright law and licenses. Not only are you providing praise to the original creator by citing their work, you are also declaring that there is no intent of theft on your side, so ultimately you are benefiting both yourself and others by doing so. In fact, there is no good reason not to credit any third party content which you use. Imagery, soundtracks, fonts (yes, certain fonts are obscure and proprietary.. I've spent days looking for a font type used in someone's work because they did not cite anything ) and even ideas! If I did not cite my sources for my research papers, I probably wouldn't be half the person I am today.
31st Jul 2021, 3:06 AM
Hatsy Rei
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+ 13
Songs are often easier to provide credits to (title, artist name). The point of credits is to enable others to look up the original content if they wish to, so I reckon those would suffice. If they come from the same album/collection, that's even easier since you can just quote a link to that collection.
31st Jul 2021, 3:11 AM
Hatsy Rei
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+ 8
But while writing your code, you need to keep track of your resources anyway, don't you? So you could just put the references as comment into the script or make a collapsible button for credits or an explanation that you used some else's content. I just don't think that a logic like "wow, I've worked for 4 weeks so hard on my code and carefully selected 70+ cool artists but now I just can't afford the time to give any credits" is very convincing. Do you know what I mean? :)
30th Jul 2021, 6:49 PM
Lisa
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+ 7
Tapabrata Banerjee [Studying - No DM] [BUSY] That sounds ok. Ultimately if whoever views the link is made aware of the origins of the soundtrack/song, it should be sufficient.
31st Jul 2021, 7:23 AM
Hatsy Rei
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+ 5
If you are using codes then yes or anything another then it's your choice
30th Jul 2021, 9:04 AM
Badshah
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+ 5
Do you use them for learning purpose only? Still I think it's good practice to give credits. (Well, if you use direct links to the original, people can find the original artists/ authors.) If someone borrowed from your works, wouldn't you like them to state that explicitly?
30th Jul 2021, 2:21 PM
Lisa
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Tapabrata Banerjee , You Should Really Credit The Source... It Helps The Content Creator to Get More Public Attention By Your App. In Simple Words, You Promote That Content Through Your App For Free... But, It's Really Import to Credit The Source. Even When I Make Big Projects on Github, I Always Credit the Source...
16th Sep 2021, 6:17 PM
Sancho Godinho
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