[sdiy] Ot: someone else always owns the sound you use!

[Julian Bunn]

This would never have happened if Peter Gabriel hadn't left :-(

Julian

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
[mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of karl dalen
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 4:12 PM
To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
Subject: [sdiy] Ot: someone else always owns the sound you use!

At last, it have hapend!
A american court have ruled in fawor for Genesis!

Genesis sued a composer/musican for using ONE
snare drum sound in a tune. The musician had as
the court ruled sampled, reversed, down speeded,
bit reduced, effectoriced, reversed it back and
then used that sample in a tune!

Fantastic that the court had the infinitive wisdom
to judge the way they did!

I simply wonder, how could the jury find that the
sound was the same? As far as i know sounds can 
not be copyrighted or can they now? 

KD (as heard from national radio broadcast news).

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