Is it legal for a game company to steal sound effects from another game comapny?

[Delta]

Hi guys, I noticed that The Testament of Sherlock Holmes uses the Hunter growl sounds from L4D for one of their characters. It sounds identical. Did Frogwares (the publisher of The Testament of Sherlock Holmes) need permission from Valve to use this sound or can they borrow from another game without asking first?

Thanks

[UwU King👑Pikachu]

Without permission i think it is illegal . Re 8 did same for contents in Heisenberg factory

[Devsman]

No, it's not legal to "steal" assets, but this isn't necessarily what happened.

This could be a public domain sound effect, or a stock sound effect they both purchased a license for, or one company may have even licensed it from the other.

[gugnihr]

Of course not but there are some sound effects available for everybody to use without worrying about the license and some companies use SFX like those as far as I know in their games. Or maybe one could just use some of them for the less important or more common sounds.and use unique SFX made by them for situations when SFX are more relevant

[Blargo]

Most likely the sound effects are public domain or part of some stock library.

I've heard some of the monster-roar sound effects used in Terraria in a bunch of other places, for instance.

[Washell]

Messaggio originale di davidb11:

The door opening is a stock sound and has been used in hundreds of movies/games/tv shows.

Yeah, always fun to hear. :)
https://youtu.be/8-HUM65Wwig?t=2693

[Your_White_Knight]

Messaggio originale di Delta (EB):

Is it legal for a game company to steal sound effects from another game comapny?

Hi guys, I noticed that The Testament of Sherlock Holmes uses the Hunter growl sounds from L4D for one of their characters. It sounds identical. Did Frogwares (the publisher of The Testament of Sherlock Holmes) need permission from Valve to use this sound or can they borrow from another game without asking first?

Thanks

You do realize that some game companies don't MAKE their own "sound effects" but buy stock sound effects from a sound effect company... right?

So they "sound" the same because they ARE the same?

[Walach]

Don't get me started on shoe sounds. Feels like there are like 3 types of shoes in the whole gaming world! :P

But yeah, like most people said, it might just be a stock sound, like the shoe one, that everyone uses.
For fun, try looking up "indie gun sounds" on youtube. There you'll find some darn good improvising!

[Crystal Sharrd]

Messaggio originale di Fred Durst:

Yeah it's totally illegal, now let's go capture this Sherlock Holmes fellow. We can use your detective skills and make this little ♥♥♥♥ pay to the full extent of the law!

We'll need the infamous James Moriarty to handle this case.

[LuVenBen]

Didn't the player models from terraria "originate" from final fantasy games?

[LuVenBen]

I was going to show you the link but it didnt work for some reason
(This was before it was released on steam btw)

[LuVenBen]

Look on r/terraria four years ago

[lightwo]

Those games just so happened to use the same licenced sound effect. It would be outrageous to assume they stole it. Stock sound libraries don't come cheap, but using them is a much easier solution than recording new sounds for games/movies.

Also, search for Howie Scream, Wilhelm Scream.

[LuVenBen]

Messaggio originale di lightwo:

Those games just so happened to use the same licenced sound effect. It would be outrageous to assume they stole it. Stock sound libraries don't come cheap, but using them is a much easier solution than recording new sounds for games/movies.

Also, search for Howie Scream, Wilhelm Scream.

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[LuVenBen]

Messaggio originale di davidb11:

Messaggio originale di LuVenBen:

I was going to show you the link but it didnt work for some reason
(This was before it was released on steam btw)

Terraria had videos on it since before it was released on Steam. I can assure you, no one has ever claimed that about Terraria in the entire history of Terraria.

just google it.
dunno why your so defensive abt it its just a fact i found

[Angel]

A lot of games probably just bought the same sound effects royalty free library.
And I don't blame them, it's the most cost effective.