drew Roberts wrote:> On Friday 21 March 2008 05:11:06 Frank Pirrone wrote:> >> Aha, Philippe, the man with the missing "e." I have a drum machine>> Roland DR-50 I believe, that has the ability to output its patterns and>> songs as MIDI files. I'll hook it up tomorrow to my MidiSport interface>> and see if I can just pull them off. If I do, I'll post them on our>> project site and let you know they're up.>> >> Does anyone know if hardware drum machines claim any sort of copyrights in > thier supplied patterns?>> Are such basic parts even able to be copyrighted? Always? Sometimes? Depending > on?> >> Otherwise, it's after 5AM here in EDT, so I'm not even going to ponder>> your non-trollish stuff above!>>>> Frank>> >> all the best,>> drew>> Hey Philippe - it's a DR-550mkIIHey Drew - there are no patents on paradiddles, for goodness sake! Omigod...I swooned at the very thought: USPTO#10987654321-0 registered to Microdruf®t of Redmond WA."any synthesized drum track that goes - boom chucka boom boom boom is the soul intellectual property of MD® Please read the Yoolah® for restrictions on how our EyePee® or EP® may be used...conditions subject to change and Remote Disabling® or RD® of any composition representing an Xtension® or Derivative Werk, DW® of our EP®. All Violateurs® or Vs® will be prosecuted to the fullest Xtent® of the Law or MD-L®" NO, the drum patterns are NOT copyright. If they WERE, once my head cleared a bit, I would head directly to the USPTO and register every damned note of the 12-tone even-tempered scale left unclaimed. The royalties descending like manna from heaven of that alone boggle the mind, but when I PATENT the means and methods of combining my registered notes RN® shit... already taken, I'll be rich Rich RIch RICh RICH beyond the very dreams of Croesus. Frank _______________________________________________Linux-audio-user mailing listLinux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx://lists.linuxaudio.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-audio-user
