[linux-audio-user] Copyrights on samples

[iriXx]

actually... i beg to differ.

you will have a certain element of copyright in your mechanical 
recording of the piano, but the copyright in the sample still belongs to 
korg/roland/yamaha etc, who are likely to be quite protective of them. 
there may, as has been mentioned, be licensing provisions but i'd 
suggest they'd be highly unlikely to extend to relicensing these samples 
for redistribution. if they do allow this - then wahey, i think we 
should all celebrate and start a GPL-distributed sf2 project. but i 
seriously doubt this would be the case. a proprietary company doesnt 
spend millions on developing an electric piano or synth for nothing.

it would be analagious to someone re-recording one of your songs and 
then claiming that they own the copyright on your song.

much as i'd like to be able to, i really can't see any other way around it.

m~

Mark Knecht wrote:

> On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 12:13:06 +0200
> Vincent Touquet <vincent.touquet at pandora.be> wrote:
> 
> 
>>On Mon, Oct 13, 2003 at 11:46:39AM +0200, Atte Andr? Jensen wrote:
>>Hi
>>Does anyone know if it's legal to:
>>* sample the grandpiano of the latest Roland/Korg/Yamaha electric piano
>>* give the sample away
>>* package it (sf2) and put it on my web site
> 
> 
> It's most likely legal if you record them yourself.
> 
> On the other hand, instead of just sampling your synth, why not be
> adventurous and add some new sounds to the mix. Do some processing and make
> the sounds more interesting. Add rhythms to the samples, timed filters,
> something more interesting, a bit of your own expression.
> 
> I think that will make the work more valuable and more likely to get used.
> 
> FYI - I own a whole slew of old synth GigaStudio libraries. While they are
> fun and have their uses, they really haven't been the best purchases I made.
> Much more interesting and much more used are the sounds that are unique.
> 
> Anyway, just my 2 cents.
> 
> Cheers,
> Mark
> 
> 
> 
> 

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