Hi Folks.
If you really want to know about Copyright Law in the US, the best thing to
do is visit their web site. They have some very easy to understand documents
about copyright:
http://www.copyright.gov/
I know it is more expedient to simply ignore them with the intention of not
getting caught, but I feel strongly its best to do the right thing. Schools
of Music in general from my experience have done less than a stellar job of
educating musicians on Copyrights and even how to protect your own works.
For those that are not familiar with this or could use a review, I encourage
all of you to review the Copyright laws.
As for practical considerations, you don't want someone filing a lawsuit
against you for copyright infringement, cause even if they loose their case
against you, you loose either way because of the attorney fees you would
need to represent yourself.
Another practical consideration, is that when you contact the copyright
holder you may get a chance to have access to other or similar materials you
are seeking permission for. In the case of the samples, they may have the
original samples that are higher quality and before any processing was done
to them.
Hope this was helpful!
David A. Roth
On Wed, Mar 25, 2009 at 10:53 PM, Denny Daughters
<denny(a)dennydaughters.com>wrote;wrote:
What's the law say about trading or copying
sounds here in the states? I
think it's wrong to pay for the actual sounds, but if you supply the
materials so somebody can copy them for you is that wrong? Unless you put
advertising on the internet, are the copyright holders going to press
charges? I don't want to come across mean, I'm just curious about these
questions. Isn't it easier just to throw some sounds on a floppy or 5 and
send them through the mail?
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