Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Copyrights on samples
From: Brian Redfern (bredfern_AT_calarts.edu)
Date: Tue Oct 14 2003 - 07:40:39 EEST
That's why csound is so handy for creating sound-alike custom ROMs, you
can make a bunch of patches that sound roland-esque, but if it comes
down to it, you can show the code for your original sounds.
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 17:33, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 17:15, Christian Henz wrote:
> > >
> >
> > Roland seems to be indeed, this was on Slashdot some days ago:
> >
> > http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=03/10/11/1833213
>
> Absolutely, when it's the use of the digital representation basically
> right out of their ROM. That's not cool. That's theft. (And I'm not
> saying that is what this project was doing. They may just be getting
> pushed around with this legal letter.)
>
>
> > >
> > > it would be analagious to someone re-recording one of your songs and
> > > then claiming that they own the copyright on your song.
> > >
> >
> > Hmm, this analogy doesn't seem right. First of all, the samples in a synth
> > are of course meant to be redistributed in some way.
>
> Exactly.
>
> As I said earlier, simply recording the existing samples isn't all that
> interesting to me. On the other hand, adding some processing, modifying
> the sound, and coming up with something much more original would likely
> pass the test, and, as far as I know, if you record the analog version
> of the sound you are not bound by digital rights management.
>
> (That said, I'm sure someone here will disagree, so at the outset I'll
> just say that's my understanding and is not legal advice.)
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
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