EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

my understanding is that we buy a licence to use the samples, 
not to own them. the only part we own is the actual cd, not the 
contents. mind you, software laws aint exactly my forte :)

andy


--- In exs-users@y..., "Alvaro Villalobos" <logicuser2001@h...> 
wrote:
> Hello again!
> 
> Sorry to bother to much with this issue but the more I dig into it 
the 
> fuzzier it gets.
> 
> Well not even a trade of original is legal???
> 
> That seems pretty stupid actually!
> 
> If I buy a PC game and want to sell it there is nothing illegal 
about that 
> so what´s the difference in selling a PC game original or a 
Sample CD 
> original??
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Alvaro.
> 
> Alvaro Villalobos.
> 
> 
> >From: "Sascha Franck" <saschafranck@s...>
> >Reply-To: exs-users@y...
> >To: <exs-users@y...>
> >Subject: Re: [exs] EXS 24 sample Cd´s for swop!
> >Date: Tue, 18 Dec 2001 12:23:27 +0100
> >
> >Well, to me it's just obvious that trading sample CDs isn't 
legal at all.
> >Imagine there would be only one single person buying a CD 
and then he/she
> >would immediately copy it and spread it all over the world 
through the
> >internet (due to fast connections it's not even required to mp3 
the
> >contents) - certainly in a few weeks all the sample CD 
companies would be
> >bankrupt.
> >
> >Of course (if I'm informed correctly) you are allowed to sell or 
give away
> >your CDs, but again it's obvious to me that after this you aren't 
allowed 
> >to
> >use the material any longer by yourself.
> >
> >I do however think that in these days of format converters and 
such it's
> >pretty hard to prove all that illegal trading and whatever - in the 
end I
> >guess that sample CD companies are allready having a hard 
time (at least 
> >the
> >smaller ones).
> >So we shouldn't start supporting things like that on this list at 
all as we
> >should really be happy for the company people being around 
here.
> >
> >One question pops up though:
> >Let's assume I'm doing a remix and there's one single loop in 
the material
> >I'm getting, coming from a commercial sample CD. In order to 
use that 
> >single
> >loop in the remix, will I have to buy the complete CD just 
because of that?
> >
> >Regards,
> >Sascha
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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