EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

--- In exs-users@y..., Eli Krantzberg <elik@c...> wrote:
> yael wrote:
> 
> >
> > I respect a lot all the job of those companies which bring
> > us usefull tool, that's why, if u'r a professionnal, u have to buy the
> > original CD if u use it in a Pro Job.
> 
> What if your not professional and not using it on a pro job, but only using it
> for your own personal non professional projects? And based on the cost to
> profit ratio you wouldn't normally buy these CDs.  Of course it is still
> illegal, but is the crime then as "bad"?
> 
> 

Interesting question. You're attaching a moral judgement - good or bad 
- to a question of legal entitlement and in this case the two are 
exclusive. It's like differentiating between 'being pregnant' vs. 
'being a little bit pregnant'. You either have a licencse for the 
sample cd or you do not.

In the privacy of your own home nobody is likely to care - but you 
still don't have a licencse. If you can live with that, hypothetically 
speaking of course, hey - more power to you. But that won't change the 
fact that you're technically in violation of a licencsing agreement as 
soon as you attempt to profit in any way from the original material. 
While its unlikely charges would be filed - you shouldn't be surprised 
when the court finds against you ;-)

regards,

Jon Levinson

p.s. - this is all hypothetical of course - I don't mean 'you' as in 
Eli K.