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Subject: RE: [newmellotrongroup] samples and copyright

From: "John Wright" <john.wright@consona.com>
Date: 2011-02-24

It's a good question.  I did a little googling and as usual can't really find anything exactly on point.  What Fritz says makes sense, but the license is implied.  I doubt if Trons were shipped with a license like a shrink wrapped piece of software has these days.
 
But, for the musicians that recorded the sounds for the Chamberlin and Mellotron masters, I assume it was just another gig and they were paid.  Wouldn't that potentially relinquish future rights and royalties? 
 
John
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From: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com [mailto:newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Fritz Doddy
Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2011 11:52 AM
To: newmellotrongroup@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [newmellotrongroup] samples and copyright

 

You don't own the sounds, but are granted a license to use them as you will.

Sorry for the brevity as I am replying from a remote region of iPhonekstan.

fritzdoddy

On Feb 24, 2011, at 11:47 AM, mattias <Mattias.olsson5@comhem.se> wrote:

 

I recorded an entire album with only Mellotron, Orchestron and Optigan and I have always thought that if you have bought the instrument you would own the sounds ?

// Mattias




Den 2011-02-24 17.36, skrev "Dieter" <dieter_vanmarcke@yahoo.com>:


 
 
   

Hello

I started recording some tracks featuring Mellotron, Optigan and Orchestron.  Now, I was wondering, in fact, all these sounds are just samples - who owns the copyright on these recordings? In fact, can you just use this free?
I know that with the usual tron sounds nobody bothers and just puts them on their records, but it was in fact when I was using the optigan, where you have loops of recorded big band and such, at that point this question came up to me...

thanks

Dieter