An issue that is often on my mind--protecting IP (that is, in
legalese, "Intellectual Property") from un-authorized and
uncompensated use. Indeed there is much time and expense involved in
collecting the raw material for this work that we love--sharing it,
raising awareness of what is out there in the natural world. So far
the only kind of protection is somehow "watermarking" audio files.
One idea mentioned recently, by Martyn I think, is to mix in a high
freq tone inaudible to humans but spectrally visible. In reality the
only "protection" this kind of watermarking affords is something to
stand on in a lawsuit (ugh).
Then I come to thinking that mine is a niggling complaint, that the
rewards far outweigh the injuries from the sometimes absurdly brazen
mis-use of my work.
As it happens I am consulting an IP attorney of my acquaintance this
week, I'll pass on anything I learn that is useful.
Aloha from Kaua`i,
David
--- In "Martyn Stewart" <>
wrote:
> It's a fact of life I'm afraid, I create animal sounds for a living
and people steal these or
> expect to pay very little for the finished article. Many people
join this group with the
> intension of taking sounds out of the members files area. It takes
a hell of a lot of time
> and expense to create sounds that are usable in production.
>
>
>
> --- In Heather Perkins
<hperkins@> wrote:
> >
> > As someone who has friends and colleagues who actually create
sound
> > software, I'd say another reason not to steal their work is
because
> > it's not very nice.
> >
> > Most of us are on a budget, true - but there are a lot of
relatively
> > inexpensive shareware music and audio programs - even freeware
> > options - to tide you over until you can afford the more
expensive
> > stuff. And commercial software makers usually have demos that you
can
> > try out for free before you spend your hard-earned cash...
> >
> > Just a thought.
> >
> > - H
>
>
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