Simfile downloading....illegal?

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  • flooger
    Banned
    • Jan 2007
    • 301

    #1

    Simfile downloading....illegal?

    Ok. When you download a simfile you get the dwi file the sm file and all the other background files ect...but what else do you get along with it?

    The song file.
    There are many simfiles with songs from bigtime artists like Scooter and Eifel 49(or whatever number it is). So like I said before you also get the song track.

    If you go into the songs folder you see the song track. Click it and start listening to it. There. You just downloaded a song from a major artist. You can delete all the other files and just have the song.

    Any thoughts people?

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  • rshadow8888
    FFR's Buizel
    FFR Simfile Author
    • Aug 2005
    • 3120

    #2
    Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

    technically.... yes. it's not legal

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    • solopro
      FFR Player
      • May 2006
      • 448

      #3
      Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

      Whoa, I neveer thought of that.
      Originally posted by John O'Hurley
      But realize we surveyed 100 people and that you need 103 points.
      AAAs: Nine

      Unique AAAs: Three

      Most Recent: Excite Bike (Achieved 08/02/07, at 1153 hours)

      Best: Disconnected




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      • flooger
        Banned
        • Jan 2007
        • 301

        #4
        Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

        Originally posted by rshadow8888
        technically.... yes. it's not legal
        Exactly. In FFR we even ask permission to use songs people upload on newgrounds! and those songs anyone can use. But then simfiles for stepmania are a completly different story. We find a song we like and just use it!

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        • evilcowgod
          FFR Player
          • Aug 2003
          • 531

          #5
          Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

          Don't you have to get permission from the artist to upload a simfile in the first palce?

          <- Support!
          "Dumbledore returns from the dead and declares it to be hammertime, Harry proceeds to break it down, Voldemort is unable to touch this."

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          • flooger
            Banned
            • Jan 2007
            • 301

            #6
            Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

            Originally posted by evilcowgod
            Don't you have to get permission from the artist to upload a simfile in the first palce?
            Thats to get it into FFR

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            • rshadow8888
              FFR's Buizel
              FFR Simfile Author
              • Aug 2005
              • 3120

              #7
              Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

              you are supposed to...
              however, no one does.

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              • Tasselfoot
                Retired BOSS
                FFR Simfile Author
                • Jul 2003
                • 25185

                #8
                Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

                it's a highly debated topic in the "inner circle".... but the simfile database is an extremely high traffic area of our site, and right now, FFR is one of the biggest places to get and host random simfiles. bemanistyle being the other large one.

                so..... as long as the charts aren't copyrighted ones, like Konami or Roxor originals.... we're ok. unless an artist specifically complains about it, in which case we're very willing to remove those specific files. although AFAIK, it's only happened once.
                RIP

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                • flooger
                  Banned
                  • Jan 2007
                  • 301

                  #9
                  Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

                  oooh ok....BTW what does AFAIK mean?

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                  • Tasselfoot
                    Retired BOSS
                    FFR Simfile Author
                    • Jul 2003
                    • 25185

                    #10
                    Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

                    google is your answer for everything.
                    RIP

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                    • flooger
                      Banned
                      • Jan 2007
                      • 301

                      #11
                      Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

                      Once again I can not comprehend the mightyness that is Tasselfoot.

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                      • Squeek
                        let it snow~
                        • Jan 2004
                        • 14444

                        #12
                        Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

                        He said to look it up.

                        http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=afaik

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                        • flooger
                          Banned
                          • Jan 2007
                          • 301

                          #13
                          Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

                          Originally posted by Squeek
                          I know what he meant. I meant I just cant comprehend his awsomeness lol.

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                          • solopro
                            FFR Player
                            • May 2006
                            • 448

                            #14
                            Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

                            Can't we get more Kyle Ward songs into the game? Like a Disconnected?

                            Preferably Disconnected Disco.
                            Originally posted by John O'Hurley
                            But realize we surveyed 100 people and that you need 103 points.
                            AAAs: Nine

                            Unique AAAs: Three

                            Most Recent: Excite Bike (Achieved 08/02/07, at 1153 hours)

                            Best: Disconnected




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                            • lumphoboextreme
                              FFR Veteran
                              • Jan 2005
                              • 8592

                              #15
                              Re: Simfile downloading....illegal?

                              downloading anything seems to be illegal these days. >_>

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