EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

It's simple...music means the sounds aren't isolated and are presented with 
other sounds as a musical composition...we don't judge artistic merit.

Sampling works are products which utilize the samples to create a new sample 
library or instrument....ie; a competitive product that licenses sounds or 
creates an instrument in the same way that we do.

Believe me, we have many more problems with out and out piracy than people 
trying to do the crazy hypothetical situations everyone is firing at me here. 
The people breaking the law are not so subtle!

-EP

In a message dated 7/22/02 11:54:39 PM, h@... writes:

>Interesting discussion...  However the above surely is impossible to 
>"enforce".  There's no clear definition as to what a "musical 
>context" is (listen to any modern composers of the last century, and 
>you'll know what I mean :).  A couple of loose drum-hits, in varying 
>tempo, combined with some drums being hit simultaneously... and 
>presto, a musical context.  Heck, I'll even throw in a few notes from 
>a tuba, if that makes it more musical.
>Who is to say that this is a work "intended for sampling" then? 
>Impossible imo.  And I'm free to put such a piece of music on my 
>website, royalty-free, for everyone to download and use whichever way 
>they see fit.
>
>In the end there's always a way to avoid such licensing schemes, I 
>suppose, if someone _really_ wants to.  The only thing you, 
>CD-makers, can do is try to make it as difficult as possible.  Still 
>"as difficult as possible" isn't necessarily very difficult...