KVR Audio

vtx · Post by **vtx** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:40 pm

thanx Sascha.....its quite a complicated issue...probably better off just buying a licence or not even bothering to use any of it commercially,,wouldn't ya say?

bool · Post by **bool** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:40 pm

Thanks and - happy New Year

Sascha Franck · Post by **Sascha Franck** » Fri Dec 31, 2004 5:47 pm

vtx wrote:thanx Sascha.....its quite a complicated issue...probably better off just buying a licence or not even bothering to use any of it commercially,,wouldn't ya say?

Dunno.
Thing is, to actually claim royalties from you, the author had to make sure it was his/her very samples that you used. Quite a difficult thing.
Then, in case you only used them for non-commercial work, there'd not be much sense in claiming royalty fees.
And then, in case you'd actually make some money from, say, a release that you used those samples on in a prominent way, wouldn't it just be nice of you to pay a little for something that you got for free in the first place? I mean, we're not talking billions of bucks here...

Hunter · Post by **Hunter** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 8:28 pm

Cheers!

bluedad · Post by **bluedad** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:15 pm

yes, thanks much!

kosmonaut · Post by **kosmonaut** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 9:25 pm

Thanks for all the thanks, you are all welcome.

Cheers for the comments SampleScience, glad you liked them.

VitaminD, yes, the samples are royalty free, so anyone can use them in their songs, music or whatever they want, I should maybe add that to the website.

But Sascha pointed out

There's no such thing as "copyright free" samples. The copyright allways belongs to the author.

so I wouldn't want them redistributed on a commercial sample CD. But I guess if I couldn't sell them no-one else will manage it!

Vonbrucken · Post by **Vonbrucken** » Sat Jan 01, 2005 10:23 pm

kosmonaut a million times thank you !!!!

happy new year
you simply rock

learjeff · Post by **learjeff** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 5:58 pm

Sasha is correct, except (1) in the US and some countries (but I think not EU) the author can assign copyright to another. (In EU, they can only issue an exclusive license -- if there's a difference!)

Also, I believe it is possible for the owner of copyrighted material to place it in the public domain.

Regardless, "copyrighted" isn't the issue. The issue is whether it's royalty-free, and for what purposes. E.g.,

A) Can I use it (of course, or why post!)
B) Can I record and publish music using it?
C) Can I redistribute it for free? With modifications?
D) Can I redistribute it for a fee? With modifications?

These are questions for the author. For example, for my soundfonts, you're free to do A and B. For C or D, please ask me and I'm sure we can work something out.

kosmonaut · Post by **kosmonaut** » Sun Jan 02, 2005 7:06 pm

A) Can I use it (of course, or why post!)
B) Can I record and publish music using it?
C) Can I redistribute it for free? With modifications?
D) Can I redistribute it for a fee? With modifications?

Not sure if these questions were for me but the answers are the same as learjeff's

You're free to do A and B. For C or D, please ask me and I'm sure we can work something out.

tERMoBLUe · Post by **tERMoBLUe** » Mon Jan 17, 2005 2:04 am

hey, ql samples

...genius "breathings"

- many thanx...exist a "ALMOST REAL#2" pack *smile*...cu

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kosmonaut · Post by **kosmonaut** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 10:50 pm

I'm going to update the samples this weekend, so if you want them and haven't already downloaded them try and get them before sunday.

markoos · Post by **markoos** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:49 pm

kosmonaut wrote:I'm going to update the samples this weekend, so if you want them and haven't already downloaded them try and get them before sunday.

oops, so this is why I get:

We're sorry, but the page you requested cannot be found. Please check your spelling and try again.

kosmonaut · Post by **kosmonaut** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:52 pm

Sorry I've just deleted the old files, the new ones are being uploaded as I type.

Earprotector · Post by **Earprotector** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 7:58 pm

hm maybe i come to late ?
The 01/2005 Samples are not downloadable or ?
i get every time a error from wanadoo..

cheers,-(

kosmonaut · Post by **kosmonaut** » Sun Jan 30, 2005 8:12 pm

I will put them up again when the rest of the CD has all been uploaded, but I'm not sure when that will be, sorry.

some free samples