EXS 24 Logic Sampler Users Group

Thoughts from the mind of ewald_kegel <ekegel@...>, 11-01-2003:

>I think it's unfair to compare digital bits to wine :),
>
>but the manufacturer of this product determines the conditions under
>which the user may USE his product. And what I've understand from
>this discussion is that the YT manufacturer sees the YT product as
>undividable, so the software-interface + available sounds *must* be
>used as 1 product. So it's not the question what technically is
>possible to separate or manipulate. The question is 'how does the
>manufacturer wants us to use the product to its orignal intention
>(producing sound/music)'.
>
>So to some degree, yes, the manufacturer tells us what glass to drink
>from....and has the right to (due to a license agreement between
>manufacturer and client/user).

Okay, it might be possible to have such a condition in a license 
agreement.  That would still be completely silly though imo.  As if 
anyone can ever check that you actually live up to such conditions... 
Sounds like selling a cheese sandwich, and forbidding you to take the 
cheese off the sandwich and putting it on another one -- since the 
cheese is supposed to be eaten with the sandwich, and you agreed to 
that when buying the sandwich.

Yes, I know wine and cheese don't really compare to samples, but 
still...  I mean, if all this legally really holds water, then... 
well... I don't know...  I guess I think the legal world sucks then. 
And, I mean: who cares?  You have to buy the product anyway, don't 
you?

And about this "how does the manufacturer wants us to use the product 
to its orignal intention".  What if the manufacturer sold a sample CD 
with pieces from a Catholic mass, and only allowed you to use such 
samples in the context of religious christian music?  I.e. you 
wouldn't be allowed to use them in some gothic heavy-metal context 
for example... and not even in the context of a buddhist piece of 
meditationmusic.  Isn't this all getting extremely silly?

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