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- From: dcole@tbag.org (Doug Cole)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.audio
- Subject: Re: Any FREE MODS without copyrights? HELP!
- Date: Sat, 13 Jan 96 19:42:29 EST
- Organization: SKY.FUSiON
- Distribution: world
- Message-ID: <19960113.3F2DE8.11ABB@tbag.org>
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- \c3On Fri 12-Jan-1996 10:28p, Kaspar Stromme wrote:\q1
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- KS> In article <4d5ctp$fd0@news.xs4all.nl> perseus@xs1.xs4all.nl (Perseus
- KS> Inc.) writes:
- KS> >>Mark Worden (mworden@public.compusult.nf.ca) wrote:
- KS> >>: I want to get into multimedia, and I know there are a lot of good MODs
-
- KS> >>: out there (I've got a few of them myself). I realize that many of
- KS> these
- KS> >>: MODs come with little text files explaining who made the MOD and how
- KS> it
- KS> >>: can't be used for commercial reasons without violating copyrights,
- KS> etc.
- KS> >>
- KS> >> exactly. Mods are copyrighted work, no matter IF there is a textfile
- KS> with it or not.
- KS> >> we've had this discussion a couple of times during the years here. If
- KS> you're planning
- KS> >> to use one of my mods you can explain it to me if you're using the mods
- KS> for
- KS> >> PD stuff or commercial stuff. Either way you have to have a contract
- KS> from us. signed!
- KS> >>
- KS> >>: My question is: are there any MODs or sound effects I can use from
- KS> Aminet
- KS> >>: on, for example, a video album that I am doing for someone? I don't
- KS> mind
- KS> >>: giving credit where it's due, but I can't afford to pay out alot of
- KS> >>: money to get the rights to include music or sound f/x on my videos
- KS> (which I
- KS> >>: hope to make money from...the video, not the MODs).
- KS> >>
- KS> >> ouch! watch out! this will cost you a *lot* of money if you don't pay
- KS> >> the authors.
- KS> >>
-
- KS> THis is all very well, but sometimes (quite often actually) a mod does
- KS> not contain any proper credits , rather just some cryptic phrases that
- KS> make
- KS> it hard to contact the author if you wanted to.
-
- KS> It also appears to be legal (here in the US at least) to use short samples
- KS> of original work. Listen to the radio and you'll hear tons of it. Just
- KS> today I heard a commercial that featured a loop of a Queen song. They
- KS> simply played the refrain over and over again.
-
- KS> So the legality of this gets very sticky, especially when you consider
- KS> that many mods use samples from songs to start with.
-
- KS> I think a good rule of thumb is to use anything you want for
- KS> non-profit purposes. If you intend to make money of a product where
- KS> mods are present you should make every attempt to contact the author.
- KS> A good way to do this is to post right here in c.s.a.audio.
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- It is legal to use only 7 second sample from copyrighted work...
- (In the US of course) Us MOD Makers put alot of time and energy into writing
- mods, copyrighted or not, you should atleast make an attempt to contact the
- author....
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