On 12/31/04 9:28 PM, "gswerner2002" <gswerner2002@...> wrote: > > > --- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, "deals4days" <coolcat@h...> wrote: >> >> --- In Logic_Cafe@yahoogroups.com, Hans Hafner <hanshafner@g...> > wrote: >>> Hey guys, >>> >>> I've been following the discussion you guys are having, but the >>> philosophical aspect of it frankly doesn't help me at all. >>> >>> But I do have a question: >>> >>> Say I've written something, a song, a film cue, anything, where > do I >>> go or who do I ask whether I'm infringing on someone's copyright? >>> Even though I consider myself having a broad knowledge on music I > am >>> also very aware of the fact that there are at least 20 times more >>> works out there than I know. >>> >>> How do you guys deal with it? >>> >>> Cheers >>> Hans >> >> Good question - I'd like to know also. > > The times we live in are truly as John Lennon said many years > ago, "There's nothing you can do that can't be done", and the > multitudes of musical pieces that exist are enormous, to say the > least. I too, have a large library of music in my head from having > listened attentively, as well as played most of my life and that's my > best guide when writing music. I fancy myself as a creative person > and wouldn't ever want to think I infringed on anybody elses works. > So the desire not to and the broad knowledge of existing music > together guide me when I go about writing. > Gary > > Yah sometimes I try to get a particular effect that I hear, and the process of re-creation actually spawns something new. There is no artist that ever 'comes out of nowhere,' even the most dramatically unique voices out there derive their inspiration from somewhere... Eddie IMS > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > --
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Re: [Logic_Cafe] Re: Copyright and practical application
2005-01-03 by Eddie Sullivan
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