The Mellotron Group

Correct, and In a perfect world, it would all be agreed upon and in  
writing before any work began.

Sorry for the brevity as I am replying from a remote region of  
iPhonekstan.

fritzdoddy

On Feb 24, 2011, at 1:33 PM, john barrick <barrickjohn262@gmail.com>  
wrote:

> I've always believed it was a session musician/work for hire  
> arrangement with any and all rights relinquished.
>
> john barrick
>
> On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 12:23 PM, John Wright  
> <john.wright@consona.com> wrote:
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> It's a good question.  I did a little googling and as usual can't  
> really find anything exactly on point.  What Fritz says makes sense,  
> but the license is implied.  I doubt if Trons were shipped with a  
> license like a shrink wrapped piece of software has these days.
>
> But, for the musicians that recorded the sounds for the Chamberlin  
> and Mellotron masters, I assume it was just another gig and they  
> were paid.  Wouldn't that potentially relinquish future rights and  
> royalties?
>
> John
> #911
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> From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com  
> [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Fritz Doddy
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:52 AM
> To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] samples and copyright
>
>
> You don't own the sounds, but are granted a license to use them as  
> you    will.
>
> Sorry for the brevity as I am replying from a remote region of  
> iPhonekstan.
>
> fritzdoddy
>
> On Feb 24, 2011, at 11:47 AM, mattias <Mattias.olsson5@comhem.se>  
> wrote:
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>> I recorded an entire album with only Mellotron, Orchestron and  
>> Optigan and I have always thought that if you have bought the  
>> instrument you would own the sounds ?
>>
>> // Mattias
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>> Den 2011-02-24 17.36, skrev "Dieter" <dieter_vanmarcke@yahoo.com>:
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>> Hello
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>> I started recording some tracks featuring Mellotron, Optigan and  
>> Orchestron.  Now, I was wondering, in fact, all these sounds are  
>> just samples - who owns the copyright on these recordings? In fact,  
>> can you just use this free?
>> I know that with the usual tron sounds nobody bothers and just puts  
>> them on their records, but it was in fact when I was using the  
>> optigan, where you have loops of recorded big band and such, at  
>> that point this question came up to me...
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>> thanks
>>
>> Dieter
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