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From: rds5695@ritcv.UUCP (Robert D.Seals)
Newsgroups: net.music.synth
Subject: Re: DX7 PATCHES COPYRIGHTED?
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Date: Sun, 17-Mar-85 12:53:16 EST
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Posted: Sun Mar 17 12:53:16 1985
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> Can patches for the DX7 really be copyrighted?  I can see how a diskette
> or other data encoded medium could be copyrighted to prevent it from being
> reproduced and distributed, but how could actual panel settings be 
> copyrighted?  After all if you change one parameter in the patch by one
> value up or down it is no longer the original patch and would no longer
> fall under the copyright.  I don't mean to sound authoritative on this
> subject, I'm really just curious.  I would like to see some good patches 
> in this group.

Well,
   I was trying out the Ensoniq Mirage at a music store, and as you
probably know, the Mirage is a sampling machine. I was kind of surprised
to punch up some regular synth sounds. I asked the sales guy, and he
goes, "that's lifted right off a DX7!"
   I was a little concerned about the legality of that, and was told that
there's no copyrights on sounds - which sounds logical. 

                     Does this sound reasonable?
                           Robert (...rds5695)