yes, you can copyright midi's ... or rather the contents of a midi could already be copyrighted, thats what form PA is for. yes, John you are in violation of copyright law if you post or distribute those midi's on the "internet", $150,000/song but... are you doing it for a profit? no. for education? yes. effect on the market? small/none. And you are only using a small portion of each song ... sounds like you could claim fair use to me... but dont quote me on that, i am no lawer.
yes, you can copyright a melody, you cant however copyright a note or a chord
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Mar-03-2004 02:01
Bondor
randomUSCaddict
Registered: Nov 2001
Location: L.A. TA #5
quote:
Originally posted by chrispitcha
But if you copy it and pass it off as a track of your own, then you may be in trouble
yes, if you take the original SOUND(as in waveform) and reuse it then you are in violation of copyright.
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Mar-03-2004 02:06
Luke Terry
tranceaddict oldskool
Registered: Oct 2001
Location: Newcastle upon Tyne
quote:
Originally posted by John
oke, so it's unlikely that i get in trouble. i'll start building the site soon then.
anyone who needs a midi file hosted send it to:
midi***@***johnsteenbergen.com
without the ***'s ofcours
and i'll add it as soon as possible.
luke, can you add the above to the first post please?
john
sorted.
working out a melody is not illegal, its not sharing the original composition is it
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Delft / Den Haag / Dordrecht,
thanks for sorting it out luke
i'll work on the site this weekend. i just give it a go. if some orginisation tells me to stop, i will stop immediately thnx for input luke,bondor,terraplex,dbl and chris
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Mar-03-2004 21:21
dbl
Whitesun
Registered: Dec 2001
Location: Gothenburg/sweden
quote:
Originally posted by Cloudburst
For people waiting for me to make your midis, you'll have to wait a bit longer. Math exams is my main concern ATM...
baaaaaah... who need math
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Mar-03-2004 22:05
Floorfiller
Girl + Sweater = Hotness
Registered: Apr 2002
Location: Illegal Pete's
i'm starting to think that if you can't make your own midi's that you might have a bit of a hard time becoming a successful producer...
Mar-03-2004 22:16
John
In Praise Of The Sun
Registered: Sep 2001
Location: Delft / Den Haag / Dordrecht,
quote:
Originally posted by Floorfiller
i'm starting to think that if you can't make your own midi's that you might have a bit of a hard time becoming a successful producer...
well, that's not everyone's goal is it?
i bet even the most succesful producers will have trouble figuring out difficult melodies. but ofcours it will help you a lot if you can. and in that part i agree with you. if you can easily recreate melodies, you are most certainly better at creating good ones yourself, since you know which chords progressions and notes will sound good or cause emotion or something
Originally posted by John
well, that's not everyone's goal is it?
i bet even the most succesful producers will have trouble figuring out difficult melodies. but ofcours it will help you a lot if you can. and in that part i agree with you. if you can easily recreate melodies, you are most certainly better at creating good ones yourself, since you know which chords progressions and notes will sound good or cause emotion or something
That's true i've never learned to play any instrument, but i can make some nice melodies.
Mar-04-2004 00:24
Mat Vision
control freak
Registered: Aug 2002
Location: GTA #43 near Frankfurt/Main
thnx for input luke,bondor,terraplex,dbl and chris
