EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

sorenrv wrote:

>
> Frankly, who cares what you have on your harddisk? Noone.

I don't think Eric would share these same sentiments.

> Your
> concern should be in case you release music to the general public
> where you use sounds and/or loops that could be copyright protected.

What's that expression "possession is nine tenths of the law"? I think just
having (and using) unpaid for commercial samples is against the spirit of
the law (if not the moral paradigm) regardless of whether you release music
commercially an/or make money with it or not.

A home hobbiest using an unpaid for commercial sample for pleasure is no
less illegal than Michael Jackson using that same sample on a million seller
hit. Morally, we can come up with all kinds of justifications, but legally,
this part at least, seems fairly clear.

I don't mean to come across as puritanical sounding; I'm wrerstling with my
own demons as we all are.....


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Eli Krantzberg
Nightshift Orchestra / Almat Productions
http://www.nightshiftorchestra.com