Mr Lasastryke posted...what IS your stance on licensed music? could i nominate out of touch by hall & oates because it was used in GTA: vice city?
No. Not hardly. Music that is truly
licensed is always going to get nixed. But that rule has traditionally extended to any song that was released in a format other than the game first. Using my argument above, this rule certainly prevents type II errors (letting in songs that clearly don't belong), I'm willing to make some allowance for type I errors (wrongly banning a decent song).
So if someone were to, oh, I don't know, maybe nominate a song that's otherwise unknown, but just happens to have been published by some nameless artist, I might decide not to open up an inquiry into the matter on my own. Because, you see, I generally trust the folks here to have an understanding of what should and should not be eligible for the contest and to police themselves rather than making me approve of everything.
Hint, hint. Still, if something is questioned, then at least everyone knows the standard they're going to be held to.
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