I don't mean to stir the pot or anything, but it's an interesting topic I had some questions about.
One thing I've been thinking about lately was playing covers in a band. Is performing someone elses song an infringment of the owner's right? If so, how do you obtain permission?
Is that why the Tab or sheet music sites are being forced to close down? It's an infringement to "reverse engineer" someone's song?
Clicking "New Posts" and seeing 20 or so Read Me Forum Rules stickies kind of brought this to mind and thought it was worth discussing. Rule #4 states (and I hope I'm not breaking the rules by copying this):
Sounds like a zero-tolerance policy. And on the surface I understand and agree. But of course it begs the question of where you draw the line.
In theory, it's pretty simple, if you didn't create it, obtain permission to post it, or it is freely distributable or public domain, don't post it. In theory, that seems reasonable, in practice it could be difficult but I agree the correct thing to do.
Going back to my first question. If playing someone elses song is infringement, wouldn't recording and posting your version of it violate rule #4?
How about posting a youtube link to something that someone else posted on youtube violating the copyright. That would violate the rule as well, but happens a lot.
I don't mean to single anyone out but a post comes to mind of a person looking for a the dimensions of space needed for a kit. Someone posted some drawings of what looked like somehting from a Roland brochure. I doubt they got permission to do so, so wouldn't that violate this zero-tolerance policy?
How about your avatar? I used a Web site to create mine, and I think it was okay to save it locally and use it elsewhere. I think that was the intent. But was that site authorized by SouthPark to do that? I'm not really clear on that and I certainly don't have it in writing.
But back to the Roland documentation. Is it common sense that Roland wouldn't mind it being used? But can we really draw the line like that? Who are we to say?
It's an interesting topic for sure. I've had some of my "content" stolen before so I know what it's like. I can say I've tried pretty hard to play by the rules. But it can be tough. I'm interested to hear what other people think and have to say.
One thing I've been thinking about lately was playing covers in a band. Is performing someone elses song an infringment of the owner's right? If so, how do you obtain permission?
Is that why the Tab or sheet music sites are being forced to close down? It's an infringement to "reverse engineer" someone's song?
Clicking "New Posts" and seeing 20 or so Read Me Forum Rules stickies kind of brought this to mind and thought it was worth discussing. Rule #4 states (and I hope I'm not breaking the rules by copying this):
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In theory, it's pretty simple, if you didn't create it, obtain permission to post it, or it is freely distributable or public domain, don't post it. In theory, that seems reasonable, in practice it could be difficult but I agree the correct thing to do.
Going back to my first question. If playing someone elses song is infringement, wouldn't recording and posting your version of it violate rule #4?
How about posting a youtube link to something that someone else posted on youtube violating the copyright. That would violate the rule as well, but happens a lot.
I don't mean to single anyone out but a post comes to mind of a person looking for a the dimensions of space needed for a kit. Someone posted some drawings of what looked like somehting from a Roland brochure. I doubt they got permission to do so, so wouldn't that violate this zero-tolerance policy?
How about your avatar? I used a Web site to create mine, and I think it was okay to save it locally and use it elsewhere. I think that was the intent. But was that site authorized by SouthPark to do that? I'm not really clear on that and I certainly don't have it in writing.
But back to the Roland documentation. Is it common sense that Roland wouldn't mind it being used? But can we really draw the line like that? Who are we to say?
It's an interesting topic for sure. I've had some of my "content" stolen before so I know what it's like. I can say I've tried pretty hard to play by the rules. But it can be tough. I'm interested to hear what other people think and have to say.
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