Question about the MOULa Trailer at Mysterium2014

Acorn1 · **Joined:** Sat Jan 12, 2013 8:46 pm **Posts:** 982

Draaloff may find that he has something similar waiting for him when he gets back from holiday. The two of you might want to work together on this, Calumon.

AlanD · **Posted:** Wed Aug 13, 2014 12:33 pm

ChloeRhodes · **Joined:** Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:29 am **Posts:** 520

AlanD wrote:

I'm assuming you're looking at the case for the soundtrack CD. But remember the rights to Myst V reverted to Cyan in 2012. I'm assuming that since they can publish and distribute the game with all the accompanying sound tracks still intact, that the retain publishing rights to the music as well as the game itself. Meaning all of of Ubisoft's rights over Uru, Myst V, Riven, realMyst and Myst Masteripeice edition have now lapsed. Leaving the only rights Ubisoft still holds being Myst 3 and Myst IV.

Its likely, if rumblefish is the company that Ubisoft uses to protect its licenses for various game sound tracks, that rumblefish's data has not yet been updated to not include the Uru and Myst V tracks. Since the rights have only recently reverted back to Cyan.

belford · **Joined:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1890

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I'm assuming that since they can publish and distribute the game with all the accompanying sound tracks still intact, that the retain publishing rights to the music as well as the game itself.

Not at all a safe assumption. The rights to use the music in-game and the rights to release it as a soundtrack could have been treated separately.

Mac_Fife · **Posted:** Wed Aug 13, 2014 8:53 pm

AlanD wrote:

Not necessarily "fraudulent" - RumbleFish are undoubtedly parasites, but they don't actually claim to be the rights holder: They do act as a licensing agent on behalf of a fairly large portfolio of publishers and with the approval of Google/YouTube, so what they say could be true and in many cases it will be.

But when they identify an item that they don't have representation rights for, it wouldn't surprise me if they make a speculative claim on it then approach the publisher and say "Hey, see what we can do for you - just sign here...", and there seems to be reliable evidence that a good number of their claims lack substance.

In any case, they don't actually stop you using the material, they just want the ad revenue (and they'll insist on ads being attached to your videos) routed to them instead of you. They'll take their cut and pass on what's left to the real rights owner.

ChloeRhodes · **Joined:** Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:29 am **Posts:** 520

belford wrote:

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I'm assuming that since they can publish and distribute the game with all the accompanying sound tracks still intact, that the retain publishing rights to the music as well as the game itself.

Not at all a safe assumption. The rights to use the music in-game and the rights to release it as a soundtrack could have been treated separately.

And Cyan was able to actually sell both soundtracks themselves, as early as 2011 directly from in house via paypal. So, again, I'd say the publishing rights to the games and their soundtracks (Other than Myst III and IV) have either been bought back or reverted back to Cyan in the intervening years.

belford · **Joined:** Thu Jun 08, 2006 7:01 pm **Posts:** 1890

Still making assumptions, I'm afraid. The fact that Cyan was only selling physical CDs implies that they owned a stack of CDs, that's all.

Probably best to leave Cyan to manage their own legal rights, since they know what the deal actually is.

Charura · **Joined:** Wed Oct 14, 2009 4:14 pm **Posts:** 1765

Do any of you actually still care about the rights to the game (or pictures,songs,textures,actors,etc..) ??? Give this a lock... PLEASE

ChloeRhodes · **Joined:** Wed Apr 11, 2007 3:29 am **Posts:** 520

belford wrote:

Still making assumptions, I'm afraid. The fact that Cyan was only selling physical CDs implies that they owned a stack of CDs, that's all.

Probably best to leave Cyan to manage their own legal rights, since they know what the deal actually is.

I'm not saying Cyan shouldn't manage their legal rights. I'm inferring that the very fact that Cyan is able to sell both the soundtracks, and the game through their website implies that the publishing rights for both have fully reverted back to Cyan. The fact Cyan is listed as the publisher and label for each of the products on both steam and Amazon indicates that they are the publisher.

Cyan would not sell something through their site if their legal department did not tell them "It's okay for you to sell these now". Especially if they were still fighting Ubisoft on the legal rights to their games (Myst III, Myst IV etc) They would be extra careful to ensure that everything they sold and distributed was one hundred percent theirs.

Charura wrote:

Do any of you actually still care about the rights to the game (or pictures,songs,textures,actors,etc..) ??? Give this a lock... PLEASE

Of course we still care about the rights to the game, thats why we're discussing them. Why would you want this locked?

Calumon · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:38 pm **Posts:** 1669

I'd rather not have this thread locked for when (if?) I get a response from Youtube so I can post an update on the dispute I filed, quite honestly....*checks on curiosity*

Huh! Looks like the claim's been removed! I just set the video back to public view, anyone care to check it to see if the ads have been removed? (I can't tell as I have Adblock installed.)

If everything's been sorted out, then I've got no objections with the thread being closed as it's served it's purpose.

JWPlatt · **Posted:** Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:30 pm

Ad removed. Nice effort, thanks.

janaba1 · **Posted:** Thu Aug 14, 2014 8:31 pm

Hi, Calu, it runs fine so far, I have for the time I've been watching it deactivated my Adblock plus with no adds appearing so far and I've watched it a second time to be sure ...

So, congratulations for not being intimidated by their claim and for the nerves and courage to dispute it in a nice and eloquent way btw, and the support here was absolutely exquisite ... wonderful ...

Tai'lahr · **Posted:** Thu Aug 14, 2014 9:52 pm

I'm glad everything worked out for you, Calumon, and thanks again for sharing your videos.

Calumon wrote:

If everything's been sorted out, then I've got no objections with the thread being closed as it's served it's purpose.

Threads are never closed or locked without a good reason and one person's lack of interest in the discussion is not a good reason.

Emor D'ni Lap · **Joined:** Sun Aug 12, 2007 6:15 am **Posts:** 584

Great to hear, Calumon. This was a classic, in which you had an issue and questions were asked, information was offered, through which you were able to resolve your case (and rebuff the slimeballs in the process!)
I learned something, while enjoying the positive outcome! Glad this was not locked

Calumon · **Joined:** Wed Aug 22, 2007 9:38 pm **Posts:** 1669

Tai'lahr wrote:

I'm glad everything worked out for you, Calumon, and thanks again for sharing your videos.

Calumon wrote:

If everything's been sorted out, then I've got no objections with the thread being closed as it's served it's purpose.

Threads are never closed or locked without a good reason and one person's lack of interest in the discussion is not a good reason.

*Shrug* Then I don't care if it's closed or not.

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