EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

On 31.12.2004, at 02:44, Hollow Sun wrote:

> But I still hold by my previous statements - if a studio buys any 
> particular
> tool (be it Protools or Logic, whatever, a Studer 24-track MTR or a 
> Yamaha
> Motif or a Minimoog), *I* consider such purchases to be that studio's 
> assets
> which they can use and exploit to expand their customer base by 
> offering
> certain quality services and *I* also believe that this extends to 
> sound
> library (even though this might fly in the face of the usual - and 
> maybe
> outdated - copyright stipulations).

Your view is in no way unusual.The copyright law does barely depend on 
the type of product. Compare your case with fonts for example: the one 
who makes the typesetting for a book has to buy the fonts. If the 
author owns the fonts and he gives them to the typesetting studio to 
produce his book, this is forbidden. Some years ago I ran into this 
problem every week. Maybe rules have changed today but, honestly, I 
broke the law quite often...

So, If I have the VSL and bring my composition including the library to 
a studio, I guess the studio has to refuse if it does not own this 
library. Even if just one tone is used, this can be a violation of the 
copyright because VSL does not sell single tones. Yes, theory is far 
away from daily live, sometimes.

If the above is true, I would like to know how Emagic handled this. 
Say, I had Logic Platinum, went with my key to the studio (which owned 
only Logic Gold) and produced a CD with plugins of Platinum. Actually 
this was not correct, I guess, unless Emagic definitely allowed that. 
Maybe that was discussed when Apple took over the product and Steve 
Jobs sayed something like "Let us drop this complicated product 
palette, there are copyright problems too..."


Peter Ostry