djhill@rodan.acs.syr.edu ( Number_6 **) (04/18/89)
>Doug - >Nice that you've put together a collection of digitized sounds, but have you >looked in to the copyright issues relating to distribution? >-- Raines Cohen > SYSOP, BMUG BBS Actually, someone else pointed out the possible problems with digitizing sounds for public distribution to me in email. I therefore asked the moderators of the archives before I sent any files if there would be any problem. In the reply, the moderator said there wouldn't be any problem mainly since there are megs and megs of sounds archived publicly elsewhere. Naturally, if there are problems I will cease to post the sounds. - Doug ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Douglas J. Hill "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, djhill@rodan.acs.syr.edu indexed, briefed, de-briefed or numbered! RSDJH @ SUVM (BITNET) ...My life is my own."
rees@usage.csd.unsw.oz (Rees Griffiths) (04/21/89)
I'm not at all sure about time having any bearing, but surely non-profit distribution of very short extracts shouldn't upset anyone. Of course the courts would undoubtly disagree if asked. Rees Can't find my signature file, oh well.
alistair@minster.york.ac.uk (04/24/89)
In article <29274@apple.Apple.COM> austing@Apple.COM (Glenn L. Austin) states: > I read somewhere that if the sounds are less than 15 seconds in length, that > you can publicly use them. Anybody know for sure? I have heard slightly differently. A friend in the music industry told me that that extracts of music less than FOUR seconds can be copied and included in other musical 'works'. This seems to be borne out by my informal tests on 'scratching' records and confirm this. I assume the same would apply to copies of sounds for other purposes. I would also assume that the law is similar in the US.