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
