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Permissions List and Information v8
Post #1 Information If there are any issues with permissions being changed, updated or removed, report it by posting in this thread. You may also post a message on my profile and I will update the thread as soon as possible. Please refer to the v9 Spreadsheet for up-to-date information on the current state of any & all permissions listed in this thread, linked below. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...it?usp=sharing Thanks - gold stinger Table of contents Post #1 : Information
Post #2 : Blanket and Limited Artist Permissions (A-L) Post #3 : Blanket and Limited Artist Permissions (M-Z) Post #4 : Label Permissions Post #5 : Links to Permission Posts Post #6 : Denied Artist Permissions Post #9 : Changelog Previous Permission Threads Stepcharts and the FFR Batch The batch thread is the place to go for information on stepchart submissions to Flash Flash Revolution. If you are wondering how to make a stepchart, as well as for FFR, take a look at this guide by Goldenwind and this DDRDream Studio guide by MarioNintendo Site Requiring Accounts Muzie Muzie requires you to log in to download mp3s. (courtesy of Ghakimx) User: mombastical@gmail.com Pass: flashrev Nicovideo (courtesy of Ghakimx) User: ds-af@live.com Pass: sakura-era If any of the above usernames and/or passwords don't work, post about it in this thread. Open Source Audio http://www.archive.org/details/audio (check the Creative Commons licenses for any song you download) http://www.bmsoffighters.net/ (convert the .bms files for the audio) http://manbow.nothing.sh/event/event...t_def&event=64 (convert .bms files for the audio) http://earmilk.com/ (see this post) Requesting Permission Before requesting permission, make sure to verify if the artist/label isn't listed in this thread. This is important to avoid multiple users contacting the same artist or label for their permission more than once. When you ask for permission, be sure to include: • What FFR actually is (include facts, statistics, the basics of gameplay). • That FFR is non-profit (the site doesn't get any money from the use of their songs). • A link to the site. • A list of artists who have already given permission (a link to this thread is fine). • Confirmation that their music is safe and will not be available to download. You can also refer to this thread when asking a new artist. Remember, we are requesting to use their music, so take care to be respectful and let them know that it's a privilege to have them on our site. Here's a thorough guide on how you can ask for permission : (information taken from this thread) [spoiler] Note: Credit for everything listed in this thread goes out to TheRapingDragon. Aside from the v1, this v2 explains and demonstrates how to effectively and properly get the permission of song artists (v1) and how the results of your permission gets are handled now-a-days (v2). So, you've just heard some awesome music and want it in FFR? Well, you've come to the right place. This thread is going to try to help you go through the stages of trying to get a permission. Step One - Be accurate. Before you even begin to try to get a permission you have to make sure that all of your information is accurate and correct. Make sure that you have the right author / song title / album title (where applicable). Make sure it's not a remix or something like that which could get FFR in trouble with the original author who never gave permission for the remix in the first place. The other reason for accuracy is so that you show the recipient of the email that you know what you are talking about. Depending on what you are going for you will need to follow a different step. If: - You are asking an independent artist / group for their permission then go to step 2. - You are asking a signed artist / group for their permission or a record label for any artist at all then go to step 3 Step Two: Independent Artists / Groups The beauty about independent artists is that they have no record company or label (or they own the label themselves) and so you only need to send one email. Make sure to be absolutely certain that they don't have a label. Once you are certain try to find a contact address for them. This could either be an email or a letter. Some good places to check for contact points for independent artists are wikipedia, their official website, or myspace (or similar musical outlets such as last.fm). Once you have an email address you can send the email to them. I prepared a template email that can be used: Here's one of the more formal templates available and widely used for independent artists and/or groups: Step Three: Artists / Groups that are signed to a record label This does vary from label to label but ultimately your final email will be around the same. The first thing to do is find out which label the artist or group is with. This can most likely be found on wikipedia. Secondly, you need to go to the labels website and make sure if you can find any "terms of service" or "artist / license request" forms or information on either. (Usually located at the bottom of these sites, are links for the ToS and artist/license requests.) These will usually give you information on how a label feels about distributing the music of their artists. It can also tell you if the label will expect royalties for anything to do with any of their artists. If you can't find anything like this then you can move on. If you do find a form, and it doesn't mention royalties, then you should use that form to apply for request for music to be put into FFR. If none of the above is applicable then you'll need to move on to emails. The ideal route is to send two emails. One to the artist / group and one to the record label. If a band is linked with multiple labels and you aren't sure which label is the right one for what you are asking permission for, then you may have to email every single label and explain the situation. The following emails are what I suggest as templates for your two emails: Step Three and ¾: Artists / Groups that require Japanese Translation We now have a Japanese-translated version of the template (thanks to Jimerax for providing translation and XelNya for rediscovering it), that can assist in reaching out to those that may use Japanese as a first language. As with other templates, it is editable, but do keep in-mind that you should consider the accuracy of any edits made to the template, such-as the Author's name / Label name, as well as any music content that might be in Japanese or otherwise. Reminder that when sending out copies of the template, that you're copying the URL links correctly within the template. (right-click the link, copy link address, paste. Copying just the text may cause it to substitute dots or shortening that will break the link.) Copyright, Permission, Public Domain and You Information from this section was taken from this thread.
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