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Re: Custom graphics: custom characters - Mikee - 02-11-2007
Hey Nice Idea samskeleton! Great Music now
thus it lives itself better!
Re: Custom graphics: custom characters - samskelton - 02-11-2007
If you do some strange theme music (like the twilight zone) I dont think that counts as being copyrighted because the guy who did the original version is dead.(If there is an original version...
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Re: Custom graphics: custom characters - aquaMat - 02-11-2007
Sam,
I'm afraid it isn't that easy. First of all, a composer has to be dead for more than 70 years (European law; in the US it could be 50 years) and then his works might become public domain.
In other cases the works (original recordings) have to be made 50 years or more ago.... so any recordings from 1957 onward do not apply at all.
Also, often copyrights are renewed, and go over to the estate of a deceased composer etc. .... so it's definitely not as straightforward as you might imagine (I'm sorry to say).
Re: Custom graphics: custom characters - Freddy - 02-11-2007
It is even more complicated than that. The composer's death is one thing. But although e.g. Bach is dead for a very long time, the performers have rights as well.
There is only one safe solution for MM: making music yourself. Sorry, Sam.
Re: Custom graphics: custom characters - Wingy - 02-12-2007
aquaMat wrote: Sam,
I'm afraid it isn't that easy. First of all, a composer has to be dead for more than 70 years (European law; in the US it could be 50 years) and then his works might become public domain.
In other cases the works (original recordings) have to be made 50 years or more ago.... so any recordings from 1957 onward do not apply at all.
Also, often copyrights are renewed, and go over to the estate of a deceased composer etc. .... so it's definitely not as straightforward as you might imagine (I'm sorry to say).
What are you, a copyright man? ;D
Re: Custom graphics: custom characters - aquaMat - 02-13-2007
Wingy wrote:
What are you, a copyright man? ;D
No, not at all....... but I am a composer, and I know how I would feel if my copyrights were violated !!
BTW: I'm not writing this, to put you off, or cause trouble.... but to PREVENT trouble !! I know that -especially in America- copyright lawsuits can get very expensive..... and I'm sure we don't want that to happen.