Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Re: Tracker Repository Copyright?
From: Chris Pickett (chris.pickett_AT_mail.mcgill.ca)
Date: Mon Jun 28 2004 - 16:54:30 EEST
jmstone_AT_dsl.pipex.com wrote:
> Dario Sanfilippo <tirriddiliu_AT_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 19:55:36 +0100, James Stone <jmstone_AT_dsl.pipex.com> wrote:
>>
>>>I have found an amazing archive of tracker XI instruments at
>>>
>>>http://www.kiarchive.ru/pub/misc/sounds/samples/ft2/
>>>
>>>I was wondering if others were aware of this resource, and also if anyone
>>>knows who made the samples in the first place and what their copyright
>>>status is? I have emailed the maintainer of the archive but he is yet to
>>>reply.
>>
>>In many countries, 'creative' works are automatically
>>fully-copyrighted (All Rights Reserved) as soon as they are fixed in a
>>tangible medium of expression.
>>Even if there's no particular notice.
>>
>>Dario.
>>
>
>
> The problem is knowing who the samples/instruments belong to as there
> is no notice. Since they seem to have been made freely available on the
> internet, one would assume that the author(s) wanted them to be used by
> other people... (!)
I would seriously question any download from a Russian website. Not
with any prejudice, that's just how things are.
Chris
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