Archive of the former Yahoo!Groups mailing list: Mellotronists

Hello all
Surely you couldn't possibly be sued if you used the spanish guitar
riff from Bungalow Bill because the Beatles didn't write that part of
the song! Okay, if you got a copy of the White Album and sampled the
sound off that I suppose you could then be sued by EMI as the CD (or
vinyl etc) is their recording and therefore their copyright.
But as regards other Mellotron sounds, if you buy a Mellotron (or
otherwise pay to use it, for example by hiring one or using one
belonging to a studio) then you have the right to use those sounds as
you see fit. Don't you?
It's no different, surely, from using a factory preset on a DX-7?
Remember that shakuhachi sample form Slegehammer that showed up
everywhere in the 80's? I don't remember Peter Gabriel suing anyone!

Regards,
Steve.