I am not sure of the right catergory to post this.
I cannnot find any solid answers for the rules around playing music from youtube links through car radios, tv and boomboxes.
I have a car radio script and it allows you to play youtube links/playlists.
The dev states that youtube has their own copyright system and wont allow you to play certain music from iframe etc.
Is it breaking TOS to use these tv scripts, car radio scripts to play music from youtube?
No because you can embed a YouTube video anywhere as long as the content itself is not copyrighted i.e a movie for example uploaded illegally
That’s correct. Some youtube videos are restricted from playing in embeds. That’s the only thing that you should care about. Keep in mind though, that youtube embeds still show ads (I think)
The other issue is, if someone is recording to upload content later, they may receive a strike if the music in the background is copyright.
Happened to one of the ppl on my server. Ruined the whole Rp scene he was recording.
Majority of the scripts have streamer mode
It actually depends, but most of the time, yes, you would be violating PLA/TOS and YouTube Terms of Service if you played a song unless that song was explicitly listed/licensed under a license that is “royalty free” for public/broadcasting, Creative Commons, or any other permissive license.
Will YouTube/the creator pursue legal action? Probably not since it’s such a small/hard to identify violation.
Could they? Yeah they could.
Considering the server provides the function to play the music, the server owner would need a third-party authorization/license, like a business would buy to play music in its business.
That violates TOS/PLA, since third-party licenses like that are not allowed. I asked a similar question back after the acquisition.
The software itself (playing YouTube videos/music services) does not violate TOS/PLA by existing, but it is more than likely being used to do so. That’s (probably) why you don’t see music players on Releases anymore.
For a music app to be 100% in the clear, you’d probably have to make it so that it ONLY plays music from verified, CC/unrestricted licenses but even then you might run into issues with YouTube and their ToS. For example, maybe an app that only plays music from a verified royalty-free source or music in the public domain could work.
Most music people want to listen to aren’t from either of those.
Edit: From the PLA:
5.6. Limitation on Musical Works and Modification of Voiceover Performances. You agree that you
will not use the Creator Services to create, upload, or distribute any musical work or sample thereof that
is subject to license by a third party including, without limitation, any performing rights organization
such as the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), Broadcast Music, Inc.
(BMI), SESAC or any similar international organization responsible for the licensing of public
performance of musical sound recordings and/or compositions. For clarity, from time to time the
Company may incorporate third-party musical works into a Covered Game, but nothing in this Creator
PLA gives you the right to publicly perform, copy, distribute, sample, remix, or otherwise modify or
exploit such musical works as part of your use of the Creator Services. You agree that you will not use
the Creator Services to create, upload, or distribute any Server Content or Player Content that includes
modifications or alterations to any voice recording, voiceover performance, or element thereof
contained in a Covered Game.
I made a car radio script that plays live radio and YT. Keeps getting a PLA even though others exist.
Your mileage will vary.
In that case I’d report all the other YT/music players on releases and see if they take action on them/remove them.
If they do, then we know that’s not allowed.
I’d just hate to be that guy. I can always just create something else and just advertise it on my tebex since it’s free anyways.
You wouldn’t be “that guy” you’d just be confirming whether or not those resources are allowed. We honestly have no clue because CFX/whoever makes these rules will never actually clarify rules or answer questions. The only way we get answers is through punitive action or its aftermath.
Makes sense to me. Appreciate the insight
in your opinion, releasing an asset which plays only online radios will break the rules?
In my opinion no, but from the enforcement on the forums we’ve seen it would likely get blocked from being on releases. I don’t think anything in ToS/PLA blocks it specifically, but it does block playing/violating ip of third party music even if you have permission.
Technically no copyright/ public domain music would be allowed from my understanding but they’ll never approve your resource even if you restrict it to that.