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Started October 5th, 2008 · 3 replies · Latest reply by Bram 15 years, 6 months ago
I understand the attribution license as it pertains to using the sound files within a project or site, but what is the appropriate protocol if I simply want to download a sound sound for my own personal use (as in: having an alternative alert or system sound on my laptop)?
I'm an oil painter so attribution is extremely important to me, but I'm a little confused on what to do in the case of a sound for private/personal use (exclusively).
Is doing such a thing even allowed?
Hopefully this isn't an entirely stupid question - if it is, I apologize...
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EDIT: okay - I'm guessing this was a stupid question... <g>
There are no stupid questions, only stupid answers.
If you're the only one hearing the sound, or you have co-workers or guests around hearing it, you won't get sued for not attributing. I think it's safe to say for private use you don't need to do it.
Also you can say, if the filename of the sound is formatted something like [creator]_.wav, you can say the attribution is in the filename already. If anybody'd need to know it, just find its location on your harddrive. Additionally, you can refer to your freesound attribution list (in the menu on the left) for the url of the file here on freesound.org.
Just like if a sound is used in a song, the attribution is not on the cd itself, but it can be found in the booklet.