lisencing to yourself and busines?

[anonymous_user_dc45c8eb]

I know this might be a weird or obvious question, and I didn’t know how to word it or even start searching for it. So if anyone could help me out with this Id much appreciate it.

If I buy a product such as a 3d model, either here from the market place, or anywhere online, and it is licensed to ME for use in any projects I sell such as closed source games; then later start a business “LLC” i guess (still learning how this stuff works), are my purchases usable by my business?

That is to say, If I buy a license to use a 3d model for my game and later start say an indi game studio, do I need to repurchase that model under the business name?

Direct answers or links both appreciated. Even just a starting point so I can learn this stuff.

[ambershee]

Your personal licenses are not transferable to your business and vice-versa.

[HavocX]

@ambershee;673896

Your personal licenses are not transferable to your business and vice-versa.

But as long as the license can be used for commercial work, there is nothing stopping you from using personal software when working for a company.

[qdelpeche]

This is best answered on answer hub … but basically if it is usable for commercial purposes than it can be used in the business as long as you are using it in the business. Basically you have to be working on the project for the assets purchased to be used on the project.

Check the legal section on Answerhub and if you are unsure ask your question … someone from legal will get in touch with you and answer it.

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[ambershee]

@HavocX;674100

But as long as the license can be used for commercial work, there is nothing stopping you from using personal software when working for a company.

Marketplace assets are not software, they are assets. Employees of a company, including directors, cannot bring their personally owned assets into the company, the company needs to own the asset.

[Magnex]

There can be different costs and licenses for individuals and companies and some of them may forbid transfer of the license and not allow cross use. I don’t think there is a general answer to this other than always to assume its not allowed unless the it’s clear from the license/agreement.

[HavocX]

@ambershee;674118

Marketplace assets are not software, they are assets. Employees of a company, including directors, cannot bring their personally owned assets into the company, the company needs to own the asset.

True, I read the question too quickly.

[qdelpeche]

Here is a link to a question I asked a while back: Asset Licensing Question for Teams

Question:

I was just asked a question by someone and I couldn’t really find a definitive answer that covered this edge case.

There are a couple of guys in a studio together, they all use the same domain name (e.g. mycoolstudio.com) and have registered their email addresses for this domain as their UE4 accounts. Normally the main guy buys the assets for the projects and they then work on the game together … but one of the team recently bought an asset on his account instead.

They now want to know what the legalities behind this would be. Could they still use these assets and release the game under My Cool Studio (just an example) or are they in breach of the license agreement now.

As I said, edge case and I really couldn’t find an answer anywhere … Alexander Paschall recommended that I ask the question here to get a definitive answer.

Thanks

Answer:

Yes they can still user the asset on the game. But if the other team member leaves the team, the team can’t use that asset on another project.

[ambershee]

I’m not sure that will apply to limited companies.

[anonymous_user_dc45c8eb]

Thank you all for the replies! Big help!