Acceptable for inclusion: drumkits for hydrogen

[Axel Thimm]

On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 04:36:56PM -0500, Clark Williams wrote:
> Tom "spot" Callaway wrote:
> > On Mon, 2007-03-26 at 19:34 +0200, Axel Thimm wrote:
> >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 08:40:32AM -0500, Tom spot Callaway wrote:
> >>> I'm slightly more concerned about whether it is legal to record the
> >>> sounds that a drum machine makes and freely redistribute them without
> >>> the manufacturers permission.
> >> Isn't that what every music production does? And when someone uses
> >> their sound/music then they pay royalties to the musican's label, not
> >> to the manufacturers of their music instruments.
> > 
> > Sortof. This is more along the lines of:
> > 
> > - copying the sounds that drum machine A makes
> > - so that drum machine B can make the exact same sounds
> > - then, giving away drum machine B (and advertising it as having the
> > exact same sounds as drum machine A)

There isn't yet a patent for "sound formulae", is there?

> Yeah, I'm not sure that Roland would like the fact that they've got TD7
> sounds, despite the fact that Roland hasn't sold TD7's for oh, probably
> eight or ten years now. Same for the Boss stuff (owned by Roland).

But as you write it, it is a fact, and the kit above would not do any
more advertising harm than what you did by writing the above lines ;)
-- 
Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net
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