When music software contains riffs, samples, etc and you make a song from them are they now your original works or a complilation.
2007-09-24 08:50:29 · 2 answers · asked by andy56 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Other - Music
Hi.
If it is made of royalty free loops/samples (which generally includes the loops and samples supplied with software and most samples/loops you purchase) it's yours!
If it is made from loops samples you have recorded from other peoples music/recordings then the owners of the original recordings are entitled to payment.
hope this helps
2007-09-24 09:05:02 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
can you copyright music that is mechanically produced? not to likely. to be valid, a copyright is for the fixed form of a work that has been created or composed by the mind of a person. It is an intellectual right. monkees and machines don't count.
most composers use the computer and software as a tool, but it is the written tabulature that can be copyrighted. the United States no longer recognizes a music recording as evidence of composition or publication for any purpose.
you might be able to copyright the list of steps that you used to program the music maker, but that would not be a copyright on the music it produces.
You can copyright, or more technically correct get a phonorecord copyright on your recording of mechanically reproduced music. A recording is protected from unauthorized copying irregardless whether the music is public domain or has composition rights. That would help you make money from promoting and selling recordings of this "music".
2007-09-27 08:30:55 · answer #2 · answered by lare 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋