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Subject:Loop licensing... Posted by: Jessariah Date:8/18/2002 1:34:17 PM The way I read the SF license agreement, you can't redistribute, copy, sell any libraries or individual loops, or use the names of artists without written permission (ie Mick Fleetwood was the drummer on my last album...) But once you put more than one loop together, it becomes your work, right? If I create a music bed out of loops and sell it to an ad agency, that's really no different than using loops in a song I put on an album or score a video project I sell, right? Just want to keep things straight (this is an email debate I've been having with some yahoo).
Subject:RE: Loop licensing... Reply by: Iacobus Date:8/18/2002 3:25:29 PM Yes. Since the SoFo loops are royalty-free, as long as you do not freely distribute the original loops in their original form to anyone in wanton abandon, you can use the loops in any professional work that you sell to anyone like an ad agency. That's part of their appeal. (I've actually recognized several SoFo loops on TV.) It's too bad the graphics and clipart world (for the most part) doesn't take a cue from all this. Iacobus
Subject:RE: Loop licensing... Reply by: Jessariah Date:8/18/2002 4:01:47 PM I'm with you there. I know people who have paid good money for a sitting (personal portrait) and processing. Then, they want to put their picture on their website and the photographer charges $250. You buy a product from someone. It's your likeness. And you can't do whatever you want with it. That's why the royalty-free stock image sites are eating up the $500-one-time-usage dinosaurs. It's also why my company doesn't charge needle drops or renewals. If you're good enough, easy to work with and cut through the BS, your phone will keep ringing... Thanks for the confirmation Iacobus.

Subject:Loop licensing...

Posted by: Jessariah

Date:8/18/2002 1:34:17 PM

The way I read the SF license agreement, you can't redistribute, copy, sell any libraries or individual loops, or use the names of artists without written permission (ie Mick Fleetwood was the drummer on my last album...)

But once you put more than one loop together, it becomes your work, right? If I create a music bed out of loops and sell it to an ad agency, that's really no different than using loops in a song I put on an album or score a video project I sell, right?

Just want to keep things straight (this is an email debate I've been having with some yahoo).

Subject:RE: Loop licensing...

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:8/18/2002 3:25:29 PM

Yes. Since the SoFo loops are royalty-free, as long as you do not freely distribute the original loops in their original form to anyone in wanton abandon, you can use the loops in any professional work that you sell to anyone like an ad agency. That's part of their appeal.

(I've actually recognized several SoFo loops on TV.)

It's too bad the graphics and clipart world (for the most part) doesn't take a cue from all this.

Iacobus

Subject:RE: Loop licensing...

Reply by: Jessariah

Date:8/18/2002 4:01:47 PM

I'm with you there. I know people who have paid good money for a sitting (personal portrait) and processing. Then, they want to put their picture on their website and the photographer charges $250.

You buy a product from someone. It's your likeness. And you can't do whatever you want with it. That's why the royalty-free stock image sites are eating up the $500-one-time-usage dinosaurs. It's also why my company doesn't charge needle drops or renewals. If you're good enough, easy to work with and cut through the BS, your phone will keep ringing...

Thanks for the confirmation Iacobus.