EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On 25/12/2004, at 1:12 PM, Hollow Sun wrote:

> Just because you are paying a studio for time and
>  > they happen to have a library, does not entitle you to legally use 
> it
>  > on your CD.
>  True..... but in the *real* world.... !!!!

Hmm, well what's the point of the studio even owning the library then?

>  I mean.... I have sound library (quality stuff I think) that I make
>  available to download for *FREE* on my website and even *that* gets 
> ripped
>  off - people download it, burn a CD and then sell the damned thing on 
> eBay.
>  And sadly it happens with alarming regularity. How twisted is that?

Very...

Like HTH, I've always made a point of buying all the samples and 
software I own.

and HTH wrote:

> If a big studio buys a sample CD it can be
>  >  used by multiple people on multiple projects. If I buy a sample CD 
> it
>  >  gets *much* less use even though I pay the same for the CD.
>
>  Actually, this is not quite true.  As per the license agreements on
>  most sample CD's, studios are not allowed to "share" out their sample
>  libraries.  While I'm sure that it happens, it is not legal use.
>

I'm not an expert on the licensing laws but I thought the bottom line 
was that a library could only be used once at a time, i.e. not on 
multiple machines at the same time so even legal use of a library gives 
the big studios advantages over us sole operators. Their libraries 
could still potentially be used by several people over a 24 hour 
period, completely legally.

Andris