Our license agreement is very simple. We made this CD-ROM so that you can have a lot of music to use in your multimedia creations. Here's a summary of the License Agreement: if you're a multimedia developer, and you want to use our music as part of the background score to your product, you can do so, and you don't need to pay any royalty to us. Just include our Copyright notice, and if you duplicate 500 or more copies of your product, send us one for our archives. It's that simple.
We want you to be as free as possible in using our music, and so we have very few restrictions. The restrictions are important, however, and must be followed, or you'll be in violation of the U.S. Copyright laws. Here are the specific rules which you must follow:
1. You cannot re-sell, or give away, in any format whatsoever, any of the music on this CD-ROM as part of a clip music collection, or as part of a "Tools for Multimedia" type of product, or as a music library, library, collection, or resource of any kind. If you are unsure whether or not your product is this type of product, just write to us at the address above and ask. We'll probably say it's OK to do what you want, but it's better for you to be safe than sorry.
2. You cannot use the music on this CD-ROM as part of any non-multimedia product of any sort (software or otherwise). For example, you can't use the music from this CD-ROM to make an audio music cassette that you sell for listening. If you are unsure whether or not your product is a non-multimedia product according to our definition, just write to us at the address above and ask. We'll probably say it's OK to do what you want, but it's better for you to be safe than sorry.
3. You cannot use the music on this CD-ROM as part of any MUSIC product of any sort (software or otherwise), where the music from this CD-ROM is a focus of the product. For example, you can't use the music from this CD-ROM as the primary audio examples in a product called "Encyclopedia of Musical Instruments." If you are unsure whether or not your product is this kind of product, just write to us at the address above and ask. We'll probably say it's OK to do what you want, but it's better for you to be safe than sorry.
4. You can never, under any circumstances, make any of the music on this CD-ROM available on-line, for download. If you are unsure whether or not your intended use fits this description, just write to us at the address above and ask. We'll probably say it's OK to do what you want, but it's better for you to be safe than sorry.
So, that's what you can't do. Here's what you can do:
5. Except for the examples listed above, you CAN use this music for just about any other type of multimedia product or project. This includes games, adventures, educational CD-ROMS, entertainment CD-ROMS, background music for educational videos and/or cassettes, background music for entertainment videos and/or cassettes (e.g., books on tape), and screen savers. You can even use the music for live stage productions. In the allowable contexts listed here, you can also use the music as part of any multimedia production that would be broadcast on TV. You can definitely use the music as part of commercial products, provided you follow the other rules. If you aren't sure whether or not the way you want to use the music is OK, then just write to us at the address above and ask. We'll probably say it's OK to do what you want, but it's better for you to be safe than sorry.
6. Whenever and however you use this music, you must include the following lines, in BOTH the printed documentation, AND in the product (software, video credits, etc.) itself:
Music: [specific selections]
(C) and (P) Copyright 1988-1995
Romeo Music International
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
You must identify the specific music selections you use, with our copyright notice, as best you can. Sometimes it's difficult to put the copyright notice directly with the music. If you are unsure whether or not your intended use follows this rule, just write to us at the address above and ask. We'll probably say it's OK to do what you want, but it's better for you to be safe than sorry.
7. There is one final restriction. If you use any of this music for a product that you duplicate, you must send us one copy of the product for our archives. You need only do this if you duplicate 500 copies or more. If you are unsure whether or not your intended duplication follows this rule, just write to us at the address above and ask. We'll probably say it's OK to do what you want, but it's better for you to be safe than sorry.
That's it! Please write to us if you have any questions. We're very easy to get along with, and we'll probably say OK to just about anything you want to do.
