EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

At 03:11 PM 2/11/02 +0000, you wrote:

>  --- "Rubber Chicken Software Co." <support@...> wrote:
> > We get people calling that say something like this: "I got a
> > couple CD's from my friend and I'm translating them..." or " went
> > over to my friends house and I converted my CD's and..."
> >
> > The first instance is infringement on the sounds copyright; the second
> > is  an infringement on the convertors copyright. Both are no-no's. In
> > both  instances I insist that they comply with the rules before I help
> > them any further.
>Sorry, legalese isnt my thing ; looking at the second case here, can I infer
>from this that its in your licence that only the purchaser can use the
>software - that someone using a friends install at their house to convert is
>an infringement?

Right.

>If so, if a commercial studio has a copy of translator, does
>that means that visiting clients are not able to use it? Just curious as its
>a licensing system I have never met before.

It's a per user license, which essentially means that the person (that's 
singular) that purchases the license can install it on every existing 
computer in the world, but only he/she can use it. And no, in your example, 
visiting clients can't use it. However, this is non-enforceable, so the 
parameter is that the output is the licensee's property and any derivative 
goes to the licensee.

A commercial studio does business with clients, meaning they come together 
based on a separate contract/agreement to share services, and this includes 
use of equipment. But only for that period of time. Someone couldn't come 
in with their sample library, expect to translate all of it, and think they 
could walk out of the facility with the output in their hands. Although 
they probably could expect to come in with their library, translate certain 
sounds if needed for use in a final form of music - but still, they aren't 
walking out of the joint with the output in hand.

"Studio sharing" isn't the real concern of developers, since studio owners 
are generally very conscientious. It's the general public, the casual mass 
public, that is of concern. (don't take that wrong, but piracy is way more 
prevalent among non-professionals.)

We're splitting hairs on this though. I would also plead that this really 
is common sense. Bottom line: if you didn't buy it, you shouldn't benefit 
from it. EVERYTHING ELSE extrapolates from that.

And every time the word "copyright" is brought up, there's always a brief 
thread about "is this OK," or whatever. I think those threads are quite 
boring, so this is the last I'll comment on this. zzzz... =)

>BTW, any news on your mac port yet? I'm still waiting! ;-)

(waking up) Keep watching.

Garth Hjelte
Sampler User