EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

> I see that Hollow Sun has a number of sample-based synths available.
> Do you know how they deal with the legal issues?
By using common sense as best I can wherever possible.... by just trying to
be 'decent'!

I know that all the current major players know my site and know it well...
in fact, it recently got me some work with one of them!

I have emails from various personnel in these companies complimenting me on
the site, on the quality of the work, whatever and in the three and half
years Hollow Sun has been on-line I have have not received even ONE
complaint ever from any of the featured manufacturers.

I dunno.... maybe what I do *does* fly in the face of what is *technically*
legal with regards to copyright but I dunno... perhaps the spirit with which
I do it makes it (somehow) morally acceptable. For example:

* I do not feature current products, only discontinued ones, and if I do
  feature a current instrument, it is done with respect, understanding
  and/or prior agreement

* I provide the instrument's history (often with interesting anecdotes
  based on my long experience in this business). I am not, in other words,
  just 'ripping off' some sounds and putting them out there for all to
  grab... I am (maybe) offering an altogether different service

* I am not profiteering out of this venture. Ok... I have a few CDs on sale
  now but I think that the manufacturers know that they are not likely to
  impact on sales of their gear... in fact, they might even see them as
  good publicity - a 'taster' of the real thing (perhaps)

* The companies (perhaps) appreciate the respect the site shows towards
  them and their products and their products' designers/developers

* The companies represented at Hollow Sun realise that is is a labour of
  love and a valuable resource for the wider community in the long-term and
  that I am not out to rip anyone off

Whatever... as I say - I dunno.... but in three and a half years of being
on-line, Hollow Sun has received nothing but positive support from the
manufacturing community.

Frankly, I can't see Yamaha gearing up their legal staff to pounce on Matt
next week for this... it's just not worth their while. The RM50 is an old
drum module from 1993 that was discontinued many years ago - I doubt that
they even care. 

And if Yamaha really do want to revive some 10-yr-old sample set (which is
probably unlikely), their marketing power is gonna trample all over Matt's
efforts to make it available to the EXS community as a little freebie.




Best regards,


Steve
http://www.hollowsun.com