I wonder what the general policy is with using copyrighted music in mods? 
There are some particular songs I want to use for a particular mod I am working on, by a famous band, and I wonder how that would go when I finally release the mod...
Maybe I could use low-quality versions of the songs to get around the "distributing free copyrighted music is a no-no" factor? Maybe I could alter them to fade out prematurely? I'm not sure what the vagaries are here, but jumping through the hoops required to ask permission from the band seems a bit tedious - if any of you have ever tried to contact a famous band you know what I mean...
Anyway, if anyone here actually knows what the rules regarding something like this are, I wouldn't mind a little advice. I can do all the supposing about it myself - I need some facts on the matter.
There are some particular songs I want to use for a particular mod I am working on, by a famous band, and I wonder how that would go when I finally release the mod...
Maybe I could use low-quality versions of the songs to get around the "distributing free copyrighted music is a no-no" factor? Maybe I could alter them to fade out prematurely? I'm not sure what the vagaries are here, but jumping through the hoops required to ask permission from the band seems a bit tedious - if any of you have ever tried to contact a famous band you know what I mean...
Anyway, if anyone here actually knows what the rules regarding something like this are, I wouldn't mind a little advice. I can do all the supposing about it myself - I need some facts on the matter.