You're conflating logic with human laws. They share nothing.
On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:44:13 -0400 marius schebella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike McGonagle wrote: > > I once thought that, "Hey, if I take a two-by-four that is long enough > > to cover all the keys on a piano, and slam it down on all the keys at > > one time, that I would thus create every other piece ever written, or > > that will be written"... I have since grown up... > > > > I don't think any court would allow you to even consider this > > possibility, as there is an issue of context. A single sample by itself, > > has absolutely no relationship to another sample, and as such, would > > make each of these 65536 "piece" NON-unique. I think this would be like > > trying to create a piece with a single sound that is continuous, but > > never changes. Something, in my opinion, has to be unique to the piece > > to be able to claim copyright. > > but that is exactly what the record industry is neglecting: that taking > samples and putting them together for a new piece is really creating > something new. they think they can own a series of samples as property > and if you include that into a piece you have to pay them money. > > there is no rule or limit for the length, the whole copyright system is > based on vague assumptions, rather based on intimidation than on legal > thoughts. > marius. > > > > > > Now, if you wanted to create a sample file with TWO samples in it, you > > would need to create 65536 * 65536 sound files... That would be > > 4,294,967,296 sound files. And if played end to end in a single pass, it > > would last about 55 hours... I don't think I would mind missing that > > concert. > > > > Mike > > > > On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 3:39 PM, marius schebella > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: > > > > pit klong wrote: > > >> http://www.kreidler-net.de/productplacements-e.html > > > > > > qewl. he could give us his patch and we'd make the same.. ;) > > > > > > > in theory there are only 65536 different possibilites for amplitudes of > > one sample, so if you register 65536 pieces of music, each 1 sample > > long, then you you should be able to claim copyright from everyone who's > > music is based on amplitudes. maybe you can also register one sample of > > 0, then you could even make money from people who don't make music. > > just imagine: you can claim copyright for every sample of every piece of > > music. > > marius. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> mailing list > > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Peace may sound simple_one beautiful word_ but it requires everything we > > have, every quality, every strength, every dream, every high ideal. > > _Yehudi Menuhin (1916_1999), musician > > > _______________________________________________ > [email protected] mailing list > UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> > http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list -- Use the source _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list UNSUBSCRIBE and account-management -> http://lists.puredata.info/listinfo/pd-list
