On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 23:05 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Josh Green schrieb: > >>I'm really looking forward to contribute some hardware-synth samples > >>(Novation A Station, Waldorf Rack Attack, Vermona DRM MK II...). > >> > > I think its probably generally breaking copyright laws to distribute > > hardware synth samples. Its an issue that I'll likely have to deal with > > on an ongoing basis with the instrument database. Licensing hell. This > > Josh Green > > > > I had the same discussion on hydrogen's site. If I decide to mix a sine > wave with a square wave, add some filter and reverb to it and make it > sound unisono it becomes my sound. A sound (after my opinion) may never > be the same like a song, so it needs better definition of what can be > licensed (a dogs bark reverse played) and what cannot be licensed (4 > notes making a bassline, SNAP had a similar problem, when using 4 notes > as a bassline. At the end the court said: "4 notes are not a work of > art, so no licensing necessary"). > > So if I were to contribute "my" recordings of "my" hardware synths as > GIG-files, and when "I" write "free for everyone to use for whatever, > but not for killing people or doing harm to any lifeform" into the > Copyright-INFO-Block, everybody is free to use it for whatever... >
I generally agree with what you are saying. I also think there is a
difference between recording a sound rendered by a hardware synth and
ripping the digital samples from it. Of course most of us feel that
copyright laws are out of control, but I also would like to avoid issues
when it comes to that "grey" area. For now I think it is probably very
appropriate to try to prevent copyrighted digital samples from being
posted to the Resonance Instrument Database. Recording the audio output
of a synth seems like fair game to me, but I'm no lawyer, thank gawd.
Best regards,
Josh Green
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