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| **The licensing descriptions do not constitute legal advice. I am not your lawyer. Please verify with the website, as the license descriptions may be inaccurate, or the licensing terms may have changed.** | **The licensing descriptions do not constitute legal advice. I am not your lawyer. Please verify with the website, as the license descriptions may be inaccurate, or the licensing terms may have changed.** |
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| * **[[https://peritune.com/freematerial_list/|Peritune]]** - 300+ songs; OGG/M4A versions are available for free for royalty-free use, lossless WAV versions must be purchased; credit appreciated but optional; premium BGMs available. (While the "about" page lists CC-BY 4.0 as the license, the other terms are contradictory.) Offers convenient (and free!) bulk downloads. | |
| * [[http://asobeat.com/|ASOBEAT]] - the Google Sheets contain free download links; credit required unless you purchase the lossless Bandcamp versions | * [[http://asobeat.com/|ASOBEAT]] - the Google Sheets contain free download links; credit required unless you purchase the lossless Bandcamp versions |
| * [[https://ontama-m.com/|Ontama]] - 500+ songs; OGG/MP3 versions are available; credit not required. | * [[https://ontama-m.com/|Ontama]] - 500+ songs; OGG/MP3 versions are available; credit not required. |
| | * [[https://peritune.com/freematerial_list/|Peritune]] - 300+ songs; OGG/M4A versions are available for free for royalty-free use, lossless WAV versions must be purchased; credit appreciated but optional; premium BGMs available. (While the "about" page lists CC-BY 4.0 as the license, the other terms are contradictory.) Offers convenient (and free!) bulk downloads. |
| | * **Warning:** The rules seem a little contrived. Most notably, there is an expectation of not distributing the verbatim music files for commercial works, //potentially including as asset files// - this may rule out usage in f.e. video games unless some kind of DRM scheme is implemented. |
| * [[http://slos.biz/|SLOS]] - [[http://slos.biz/rule-en.htm|English licensing terms]] (credit required, notification required, providing a copy of a finished commercial work required); premium licensing exists but not outside of Japan | * [[http://slos.biz/|SLOS]] - [[http://slos.biz/rule-en.htm|English licensing terms]] (credit required, notification required, providing a copy of a finished commercial work required); premium licensing exists but not outside of Japan |
| * [[https://www.tam-music.com/info|TAM Music Factory]] - around since 1998! MP3/OGG/MIDI versions are avaialble. Credit not required for non-commercial use, required for commercial use; no need to notify TAM since June 2021; some songs can have the credit requirement waived for a fee. Some types of content (18+, sensitive, etc.) are not allowed - check with the website. | * [[https://www.tam-music.com/info|TAM Music Factory]] - around since 1998! MP3/OGG/MIDI versions are avaialble. Credit not required for non-commercial use, required for commercial use; no need to notify TAM since June 2021; some songs can have the credit requirement waived for a fee. Some types of content (18+, sensitive, etc.) are not allowed - check with the website. |
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| * [[https://battleofthebits.org|Battle of the Bits]] - chiptune community with CC BY-NC-SA licensing. This is quite more restrictive than the typical expectation for "royalty-free music", but if you're working on a jam game or a homebrew game, you might find this restriction irrelevant. | * [[https://battleofthebits.org|Battle of the Bits]] - chiptune community with CC BY-NC-SA licensing. This is quite more restrictive than the typical expectation for "royalty-free music", but if you're working on a jam game or a homebrew game, you might find this restriction irrelevant. |
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| | ===== Defunct ===== |
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| | * BlueSky! (Ryuji) |
| | * Rengoku-Teien |
| | * SAM Free |
| | * Shiho+ (Liberty Music Room) |
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| ===== Lists I've used to make this list ===== | ===== Lists I've used to make this list ===== |
