Square Enix has a vast library of excellent soundtracks across many of its most popular games, and especially its esteemed Final Fantasy series. As such, some players may be wondering whether or not Square Enix and Final Fantasy music is DMCA safe and copyright-free, so you can feature it in your streams or other gaming videos. Here’s everything you need to know.
Does Square Enix Music Fall Under DMCA?
Unfortunately, it would appear that Square Enix and Final Fantasy music does fall under DMCA. Or at least, the company has not announced that the music is not free from copyright.
As such, it’s not recommended that you try and use the music during any stream or as part of your own remixes of the songs.
This topic has arisen due to the official Square Enix Music YouTube channel releasing more official lo-fi versions of some of their game’s soundtracks in the past week.
You know all of those ‘lo-fi chill beats to study and relax to’ videos you see all over YouTube? Well, many of the tracks from Final Fantasy are a favorite choice for this type of music. You can check out an example below.
If you click the video above and head over to YouTube, you’ll see in the video’s description that all tracks are under Square Enix copyright, and as such would fall under DMCA — the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
Should anything change on this front, we’ll update this post and let you know, but for now, the short answer is that Square Enix Final Fantasy music is not DMCA safe, or at least shouldn’t be assumed that it is if you want to avoid any copyright strikes against you.
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