Your not buying the soundtrack from GOG - your purchasing basically a license for the game, the soundtrack is included free of charge.....
So im thinking probably not? (could be wrong -- experts help!!)

I don't think that would be legal (to find higher bitrate versions of the soundtracks provided here on other sites, though that depends on how you would "legally" find them). The DRM-free license is tied to the game itself, and bonus materials are provided additionally as just that - bonuses. You haven't bought a license for the soundtrack itself (but it's possible there's something about this in the EULA for GOG installers?).

But for an official answer, maybe a GOG employee will answer here in the thread (or you can contact support and ask directly to get an official response).

If your asking if the soundtracks you get from the goodies of hte game are legal to have on your i-pod or not than the answer is yes they are. The developers not only gave permission for a DRM free version of their game but also allowed the soundtrack and/or other goodies to be given as well, hence why some games have soudntracks and others don't.

If that's not what your asking... than i have no idea what your asking lol. Sorry if I'm of no help.

My interpretation of OP query is --- if GOG's freebie soundtrack is mp3 only , would getting the free copy here, allow them to legally download lossless ie FLAC versions of said soundtrack from other 'sources" and claim legal ownership of those.....

If by lossless you mean flac, i think they started adding flac versions for soundtracks recently in the game extras. If the game you look does not include it, maybe it will in the future.

Nobody but gog can give you that info (do you get a license for the soundtrack as well). Seeing they come as a bonus probably not. Although some games (hitman contracts?) don't even include soundtracks so i guess they make some "agreement" with the soundtrack license holder in the first place so you don't be in trouble, as i said a gog person should answer that, we can only speculate... As for the other part of the question - if you legally find something why would it be illegal? :P

Aha! I had no idea what lossless was so now that I know...

I have no idea. I could wager a guess by assuming that since the developer/who ever owns the rights to the game and thus soundtrack gave GOG permission to include the soundtrack in one form or another with the purchase of the game, than it's ok to get hte FLAC version.

Because hypothetically, they are giving away the soundtrack to the game, not the mp3 files themselves but the musical work of the musician who created the soundtrack. Soooo... I'd wager a guess it's ok to get FLAC... but I'd wait for a GOG staff to answer better lol

Thank you all for your kind (and fast!) replies. Niggles interpreted my question correctly. I would be trying to grab flac files. It is not unprecedented for a game to be offered with a soundtrack... StarCraft released a soundtrack with SC2, but that was something I held in my hand and knew it was legit.

The attractive quality of GOG is its legality and good products. The freebie soundtracks are great, but as digital downloads sans a physical medium is a new playing field for me- I just want to make sure of my rights and responsibilities. I'll give it a while and if no definitive answer is reached I'll ask GOG staff and post the answer here for any interested parties besides myself.

The different answers illustrated here conforms to my own internal debate. On the one hand a soundtrack is a soundtrack, right? On the other hand, it seems too good to be true and therefor probably isn't.

While I wait, I have some Master of Orion 2 to play and a galaxy to conquer!

Morally maybe, but not legally. mp3s and FLACs are two seperate products, owning one doesn't entitle you to just download the other. Just as owning a movie on DVD doesn't make it legal to download an HD version of the same movie.

With a CD and FLACs, arguably, you could (legally) produce the files yourself and are just skipping the actual process by downloading them, so that's okay. The quality of CD and FLAC is the same. But with mp3s and FLACs there'd be an upgrade in quality, which makes it illegal to acquire the corresponding FLACs.