15 Oct
2003
15 Oct
'03
8:12 a.m.
From: dwillis(a)stx.rr.com [mailto:dwillis@stx.rr.com]
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, iriXx wrote:
The idea of copyrighting a single note strikes me as a bit strange.
Maybe it applies to the library as a whole?
{I've no idea.}
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.
then, wouldn't they mention it somewhere? especially on a new piece of
equipment considering all the software and dvd issues these days?
my microKORG manual, and the unit itself, says nothing. only the manual
itself has a copyright. i don't remember any restrictions on my sy85,
either (but it's in the states, and i'm in korea). 
15 Oct
15 Oct
8:34 a.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Copyrights on samples
The idea of copyrighting a single note strikes me as
a bit strange.
Maybe it applies to the library as a whole?
{I've no idea.}
the copyright exists in the waveform and the sound library. you can't
copyright A400 Hz but you can copyright a preset.
it all goes back again to what i was saying about reasonable effort
being put into creating a work.
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12:41 p.m.
New subject: [linux-audio-user] Copyrights on samples
On Wed, 15 Oct 2003, iriXx wrote:
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.
who's ever seen an EULA on a hardware synth? i haven't.
the copyright exists in the waveform and the sound
library. you can't
copyright A400 Hz but you can copyright a preset.
it all goes back again to what i was saying about reasonable effort
being put into creating a work.
i could write a program in a few hours that would create sysex files of
every possible patch that the microKORG (or many other synths) can have.
could i then copyright these and then demand payment from everyone who
uses that synth with other than the original presets?
-dave
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