USC Optical Sound Effects Library

Re:USC Optical Sound Effects Library by jonhohle on Friday July 28, 2023 @10:38PM (#36916265)

At least ok mobile the license isn’t obvious. Are these royalty free or do they have to be licensed?

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Re:USC Optical Sound Effects Library by qingcharles on Friday July 28, 2023 @11:09PM (#36916474)

I guess they are essentially what is known as "copyright orphans" - that is, no-one knows who the fuck owns the copyright anymore. Caveat emptor.

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Re:USC Optical Sound Effects Library by mindcrime on Saturday July 29, 2023 @12:22AM (#36916879)

If Wikipedia can be believed, this archive (or well, at least some of it) is CC0 licensed.

In 2023, Craig Smith released a copy of the complete recording from the original session on Freesound on behalf of the USC under the CC0 license, along with the rest of Sunset Editorial sound effects.[12] On May 20, 2023, the entire collection of Sunset Editorial SFX was mirrored in the Internet Archive (also under the CC0 license) for the purpose of enabling a wider distribution, especially thanks to its BitTorrent support.

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