Hi again.
This is a great discussion, and I feel huge interest in all your feedback.

To Stam:
Some of you may remember BackBeat Studios which produced a lot of Roland files years ago. On his disks he stamped something like "Copying, hiring, recording and public performance of this product prohibited". We could NEVER dream of doing this. I mean especially public performance with our products is actually the whole point of a company like Midi Spot. And in Denmark several chart songs (especially in the typical scandinavian folk-country genre) has been recorded using Midi Spot products, which is also great. So please, use them as much as possible...

To Wm. David McMahan:
As I see it you actually only need the specific keyboard which the style has been copied TO using e.g. EMC software. I see no problem in buying some products for a VK4 and convert them to eg. PSR3000 - except that the actual QUALITY almost always decreases pretty much, unless you do your manual homework afterwards...

And Freddy:
First of all I kind of liked your latest message pretty much more than your first one Never mind, as Charley mentioned I may have been pretty hard on him as well. So let's continue in this way more contructive tone. Now, I don't feel we have a copyright problem inside Midi Spot since we pay a fee after a contract with NcB as mentioned in my previos message when appropriate (e.g. in the Elton John styles for Tyros and 9k we will launch within the next week). In standard styles however we do NOT pay this fee. But you are right, there has been (and still are) unclear rules regarding the composer rights of styles. Regarding what I call the "artistic rights" there maybe different laws and rules in our contries, but here in Denmark (and I tend to believe in the whole EU) "my" work will always be "my" work, and therefor copying, editing and distribution by any other person is illegal, and a style has to be seen as a piece of software. And even though many people seems to forget, copying of software programs ARE actually illegal. Now, I understand we disagree on the fact, that a style is actually copyright protected software. We will discuss it (again...) with our lawyer, and ABSOLUTELY clear lines may not be present untill a specific case and trial is executed. Until then I will then appeal to users and musicians that use commercial 3rd part products to support the companies they like and whose products they use.

Best Regards

Nicolai Damgaard
Product Manager
Midi Spot ApS

Oh, BTW keybplayer:
I'm truly honoured by your comparison

[This message has been edited by Midi Spot (edited 02-28-2005).]