-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Tom "spot" Callaway wrote: > On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 19:34 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote: >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 08:40:32AM -0500, Tom spot Callaway wrote: >>> I'm slightly more concerned about whether it is legal to record the >>> sounds that a drum machine makes and freely redistribute them without >>> the manufacturers permission. >> Isn't that what every music production does? And when someone uses >> their sound/music then they pay royalties to the musican's label, not >> to the manufacturers of their music instruments. > > Sortof. This is more along the lines of: > > - copying the sounds that drum machine A makes > - so that drum machine B can make the exact same sounds > - then, giving away drum machine B (and advertising it as having the > exact same sounds as drum machine A) > > ~spot Yeah, I'm not sure that Roland would like the fact that they've got TD7 sounds, despite the fact that Roland hasn't sold TD7's for oh, probably eight or ten years now. Same for the Boss stuff (owned by Roland). Clark -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Fedora - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGCDz4Hyuj/+TTEp0RAoBqAJ9hoHz89GC1FHcN0gxNVZCAkhP8HwCg1104 LGcVa2uSTi7juf7mKBhM7Rs= =bRZu -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- Fedora-maintainers mailing list Fedora-maintainers@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers -- Fedora-maintainers-readonly mailing list Fedora-maintainers-readonly@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-maintainers-readonly
