Using Paragon Free Assets for freelance work?

anonymous_user_20c02543 · October 22, 2019, 4:20pm

I am a freelancer, can i use some of the Paragon free assets in making videos for my client? Can i get paid by my client? I am not selling or reselling any of the Paragon assets, I am just using them to make videos/cinematics. Please advise.

darthviper107 · October 22, 2019, 4:41pm

Yes, you can, you also won’t owe any royalties for using UE4 since you’re just making make a video

anonymous_user_20c02543 · October 23, 2019, 10:55am

Thanks for your answer. However when browsing through some posts, i came across this:

“Fan Content must have no commercial (i.e., monetary) objective. As an exception to this, fans are permitted to monetize web videos (such as YouTube) with advertisements, so long as those videos otherwise meet the requirements of this Policy.”

So i am doing freelance work for a client. It is NOT a youtube video earning advertisement money. And its not a Fan Content. It is more like I get paid directly by my client for making him a video/cinematic. So i guess it has commercial(i.e., monetary) objective?

Hope to get more advise.

DarkS474 · October 23, 2019, 11:49am

However, no royalty is owed on the following forms of revenue:

The first $3,000.00 in gross revenue for each Product per calendar quarter;

The first $5,000,000.00 in gross revenue for each Product from the Oculus Store;

Consulting fees or work-for-hire fees which are non-recoupable for services performed using the Licensed Technology (e.g., an architect-created walkthrough simulation or a contractor-developed in-house training simulator);

Revenue from an Unrestricted Product, including for clarity, revenue from a Product which solely relies on the Licensed Technology for production of non-interactive linear media (e.g., broadcast or streamed video files, cartoons, or movies) and which is Distributed in a form that does not contain the Licensed Technology or, in order to deliver, rely on servers running the Licensed Technology;

Revenue from a Product which is only Distributed to Engine Licensees (such as through the Marketplace);

Revenue from ancillary products which are not software and which do not contain embedded information (such as QR codes) which affects the operation of the Product (e.g., comic books, soundtracks, apparel);

Financial winnings generated by awards for the Product;

Revenue from donations for a Product which are not tied to Product access or in-Product benefits;

Revenue from interactive amusement park rides which use the Licensed Technology; and

Revenue collected from an end-user buyer of in-game items or other in-game content for your Product which is sold by an end-user seller and which is actually paid to the end-user seller and is not retained by you or any other party.

darthviper107 · October 23, 2019, 3:50pm

That has to do with fan content made about the games that Epic makes (like Unreal Tournament/Fortnite) it has nothing to do with the content they distributed from Paragon.

anonymous_user_20c02543 · October 25, 2019, 7:21am

Thank you all very much for the advise!