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#198397 - 03/24/05 08:29 AM
Re: Copy of copyright materials!!!!
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Senior Member
Registered: 07/09/02
Posts: 1087
Loc: Atlanta, Georgia
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Originally posted by to the genesys:
Wouldn’t it be the case that if you use a midi file or a style that uses or tries to use the same type of sounds and accompaniment as the original song, even though the style or midi song does not have a melody, it will be copyright infringement? No, at least under US copyright law. You can even use the song title, you just can't use the melody.
If I were to arrange a popular song today in to a midi file with out the melody and put it on the internet for sale, could I do so with out any legal implications?
Yes, at least under US copyright law.
Regarding styles, if the keyboard manufacturers can show that they have copyright to the styles, then I would think that they would have the right to prevent any modifications of the work. Don’t they have the right to control derivative works?
A derivative of something that is non-copyrightable is still non-copyrightable as far as I know.
Here's the real caveat: take arrangements as an example - they are not copyrightable in the US. So my arrangement of "As Time Goes By" cannot be copyrighted here, but it can be copyrighted in France where arrangements are recognized by copyright. The US has intellectual property right treaties with France so we are bound to recognize their laws and copyrights...so I can copyright my arrangements in France and they can be enforced here in the US.
It's possible that world-wide manufacturers such as Yamaha can claim the copyright protection of any country they sell to and force near-universal compliance through international treaties. For that reason, it may be possible that styles in arrangers are protected under international intellectual property rights, and thus the US. There had to be a catch, eh?
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Jim Eshleman
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#198399 - 03/24/05 09:21 AM
Re: Copy of copyright materials!!!!
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Member
Registered: 02/01/05
Posts: 220
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Dear Synthman;
Do you actually think that manufacturers or aftermarket companies are going to stop making styles/sounds etc,, because some people copy some material? They won't! If that was the case the singers/song writers would stop producing music because a percentage of the population chooses to burn CDs of their material. Synthman you will just have to accept the practice, because in our technological age it has become common place. Further, their are companies out there that propagate these practices!! Sony who has a record label, makes CD-r, MDs, MP3,DVD-r players that can be used to copy their own artist. How does one dismiss that?
I seriously don't think that Yamaha, Korg, or Roland is going to go out of buisness, because some fellow in Denmark copied some styles. There is enough profit built into these KBs to accommadate these practices. You have to realistic.
Reagrds; BN
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