15 Oct
2003
15 Oct
'03
8:32 a.m.
the sounds from a synth are normally licensed under the EULA in such a
way that the sound presets themselves are protected, but the creation of
any work from them is not. it cannot be - you are the one who makes
'reasonable effort' to create a work from them. the judgement of how
much effort you put into a work is part of judging whether it can be
copyrighted.
m~
Tommi Sakari Uimonen wrote:
If you make a tune with your synth and publish it as
public domain, so
anybody can use parts of it and then someone uses a part of it, let's say
one grand piano sample, could (s)he be sued then by the synth
manufacturer? Normally you could sue the 'ripper', but since you already
gave permission to rip, (s)he should be safe.
How about if you make 'artistic' tune, which consists of grand piano
samples played from C-0 to C-9 in half note steps and in different
volumes. Now apply the same scenario as in the first case. What happens?
And if synth manufacturer sues someone for making synth's samples
available, what do you think how it affects the synth's sale? "Use synth X and
get
sued by X's manufacturer."
Tommi Uimonen
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