# Royalty on videos rendered in engine?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-videos-rendered-in-engine/301341>\
**Category:** Rendering\
**Tags:** royalties-fees, royalty, royalty-payment, unreal-engine, UE4, question\
**Created:** [December 12, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-videos-rendered-in-engine/301341 "2014-12-12T01:17:28Z")\
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**Author:** ![krailyx\_1](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@krailyx\_1](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/krailyx_1)\
**Post date:** [December 12, 2014, 1:17am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-videos-rendered-in-engine/301341/1 "2014-12-12T01:17:28Z")

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So are there royalties applied if the engine is used to render out videos in matinee? For example, lets say I make commission doing a video in UE4, does the royalty still apply?

for a little clarification on the ‘commission’ part, if a group or person paid me to make a video for them in UE4, for them to have or post, and viewers watch for free (i.e. youtube). would that incur a royalty?

“Linear media, including movies, animated films and cartoons distributed as video.”  
this was under the “Are any revenue sources royalty-free?” in the eula faq, but I just wanted some clarification.

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**Author:** ![mahri726](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@mahri726](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/mahri726)\
**Post date:** [December 13, 2014, 9:02pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/royalty-on-videos-rendered-in-engine/301341/2 "2014-12-13T21:02:43Z")

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For rendered movies you pay no royality. Check out the billing FAQ

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