# Royalty on linear media created in game

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-linear-media-created-in-game/459212>\
**Category:** Audio\
**Tags:** royalty, unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [December 6, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-linear-media-created-in-game/459212 "2019-12-06T22:48:27Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![rohanbabuam](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@rohanbabuam](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/rohanbabuam)\
**Post date:** [December 6, 2019, 10:48pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-linear-media-created-in-game/459212/1 "2019-12-06T22:48:27Z")

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Hi, I need clarity regarding the royalties due to EPIC in the following hypothetical scenario:

Suppose I make a game or app using UE4 that allows users to upload in game screenshots(images which are linear media) to my website and the game is completely free for all.

But I charge my users a fee for hosting these images on my website. Then, are royalties due on revenue from my website which does not use UE4 licensed technology in any way? Thank you.

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**Author:** ![SonsOfKorhal](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@SonsOfKorhal](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SonsOfKorhal)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 2:19pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-linear-media-created-in-game/459212/2 "2019-12-09T14:19:54Z")

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Is the only way to upload screenshots to your website through the app/game?

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**Author:** ![rohanbabuam](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@rohanbabuam](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/rohanbabuam)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 2:51pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-linear-media-created-in-game/459212/3 "2019-12-09T14:51:08Z")

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No. Users can also upload images manually or even through an API in the future maybe.

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**Author:** ![SonsOfKorhal](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@SonsOfKorhal](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SonsOfKorhal)\
**Post date:** [December 9, 2019, 7:10pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-linear-media-created-in-game/459212/4 "2019-12-09T19:10:18Z")

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Thanks. One more question: would the website host _only_ images from your game? Or would users be able to upload other types of images?

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**Author:** ![rohanbabuam](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@rohanbabuam](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/rohanbabuam)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 1:52pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-linear-media-created-in-game/459212/5 "2019-12-11T13:52:33Z")

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Users will upload images from sources other than my game in addition to there being images from my game. Sorry for the delayed response.

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**Author:** ![SonsOfKorhal](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@SonsOfKorhal](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/SonsOfKorhal)\
**Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 2:44pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-linear-media-created-in-game/459212/6 "2019-12-11T14:44:17Z")

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Thanks. Sounds like the hosting costs aren’t really attributable to the game itself, so we wouldn’t consider this as royalty bearing.