Re: Bug #383316: Derivative works for songs

2007-05-27 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 27 May 2007 10:21:26 +1000 Ben Finney wrote: > Matthew Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > what if the recording was of actual people playing actual > > instruments? You know, like people always used to. How to you > > generate that from 'source' at build time? what _is_ the source

Re: Bug #383316: Derivative works for songs

2007-05-26 Thread Ben Finney
Matthew Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > what if the recording was of actual people playing actual > instruments? You know, like people always used to. How to you > generate that from 'source' at build time? what _is_ the source? The preferred form of the work for making modifications to it

Re: Bug #383316: Derivative works for songs

2007-05-26 Thread Matthew Johnson
Francesco Poli wrote: > > Now, it would be preferable to be able to regenerate the > > recording from the MIDI. Which would mean including the > > soundfonts (instrument descriptions, basically) used. So the question > > of whether they are free is also important. > > Really important,

Re: Bug #383316: Derivative works for songs

2007-05-26 Thread Francesco Poli
On Fri, 25 May 2007 11:30:07 -0400 Nathanael Nerode wrote: > Francesco Poli wrote: > >We must determine what is the preferred form for making modifications > >to the song. I'm not sure an Ogg Vorbis + MIDI form qualifies... [...] > I believe that for a recording to be DFSG-free, we need *both* >

Re: Bug #383316: Derivative works for songs

2007-05-25 Thread Nathanael Nerode
Francesco Poli wrote: >We must determine what is the preferred form for making modifications to >the song. I'm not sure an Ogg Vorbis + MIDI form qualifies... What sort of modifications? ...Actually, a concept from copyright law may help here. There are *two* copyrights on any given recording.

Re: Bug#383316: Derivative works for songs

2007-05-13 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 13 May 2007 19:11:32 +0200 (CEST) Miriam Ruiz wrote: > > --- Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > > > We must determine what is the preferred form for making > > modifications to the song. I'm not sure an Ogg Vorbis + MIDI form > > qualifies... > > I think that's quite comple

RE: Bug#383316: Derivative works for songs

2007-05-13 Thread Miriam Ruiz
--- Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> escribió: > We must determine what is the preferred form for making modifications to > the song. I'm not sure an Ogg Vorbis + MIDI form qualifies... I think that's quite complex to decide on a single-game basis, as that decision might affect most of other

Re: Bug#383316: Derivative works for songs

2007-05-13 Thread Francesco Poli
On Sun, 13 May 2007 01:06:01 +0100 (BST) MJ Ray wrote: > Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] > > There's another issue with the remaining four songs, though. > > Is their source available? > > I mean: what's the preferred form[1] for making modifications to the > > songs? Is this form

Re: Bug#383316: Derivative works for songs

2007-05-12 Thread MJ Ray
Francesco Poli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, if the author says that it's a metal version of Ryu's theme, I > think he means that the melody is the same, even though the musical > genre is changed. > *If* this is the case, I would call it a cover and hence I'm afraid it > qualifies as an ad