jmstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Dario Sanfilippo <tirriddiliu@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >>On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 19:55:36 +0100, James Stone <jmstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>>I have found an amazing archive of tracker XI instruments at >>> >>>http://www.kiarchive.ru/pub/misc/sounds/samples/ft2/ >>> >>>I was wondering if others were aware of this resource, and also if anyone >>>knows who made the samples in the first place and what their copyright >>>status is? I have emailed the maintainer of the archive but he is yet to >>>reply. >> >>In many countries, 'creative' works are automatically >>fully-copyrighted (All Rights Reserved) as soon as they are fixed in a >>tangible medium of expression. >>Even if there's no particular notice. >> >>Dario. >> > > > The problem is knowing who the samples/instruments belong to as there > is no notice. Since they seem to have been made freely available on the > internet, one would assume that the author(s) wanted them to be used by > other people... (!) I would seriously question any download from a Russian website. Not with any prejudice, that's just how things are. Chris
