Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Poser Exotica site update

Exotica opened this issue on May 08, 2002 ยท 43 posts


Kelderek posted Wed, 08 May 2002 at 11:56 AM

Well, Gulfmystery, I don't agree with your description of who will get in trouble in a copyright fight with the copyright holder of a musical piece. It's the music as such that is copyrighted by the publisher of that piece. If someone makes a midi of copyrighted music, it's your problem if you use it publicly on a web page. The "midi maker" will of course get in trouble as well. The reason I reacted is that Tubular Bells is regarded as the musical piece in modern history that is the victim of the largest number of copyright abuses, probably due to the fact that it's a widely known and quite catchy tune. I'm not sure of the present copyright status of it, though. I'm not blaming you, I just want to keep you out of trouble. The fact that someone makes a midi of the tune and makes it avalaible free for download does not necessarily mean that the copyright holder of the piece agrees to it... And it's your responsibility to watch your back if you use it. Or rather: it's the responsibilty of the owner of the web site where the midi is played...