There is a huge difference between creating a sample CD of a few Korg or Roland sounds, and creating a GIGA clone of the entire ROM soundbank (needed for style compatibility).

You could never use the sample CD's as a replacement for the keyboard it was derived from, it only gave you access to a few sounds. Stealing the entire soundset is completely different.

Secondly, while the big 3 certainly payed some legal attention to previous sampling projects, it was not worth their time or money to pursue it rigorously, because it had a negligible impact on their sales (and the perpetrators had no money worth litigating over). But wholesale piracy, in the name of a 'virtual' T2 is another matter altogether, and Lionstracs certainly have enough capital, and probably business insurance (although Domenik's fly-by-night attitude doesn't inspire confidence in even THAT business basic!) that it would definitely be in Yamaha's interest to litigate (plus Korg and Roland, from what Dom is saying).

And the rest of you egging him on.... for shame.

Have you thought this through for ONE minute? If by some devious legal shenanigans Dom actually prevails in this matter, what do you think this will do to the industry? What POSSIBLE motive will and of the Big 3 (and their smaller cousins) have to develop, at considerable expense, any new product if they face the immediate piracy of their sounds?

Not much, is my guess. Kiss goodbye to a T3, or a G80, or a PA2X, or any new, innovative arranger from anyone, when faced with immediate piracy of sounds and styles.

Looks like you may be stuck with this piece of cr*p MS and no new sounds for a long time (Dom certainly has no idea about how to make a decent soundset himself) if you walk down this path...

My hopes and wishes go out to Yamaha's legal team (even though it's hard to root for the bloodsucking lawyers!), and I pray, for the future of new product development, that they prevail against this outrageous, blatant piracy...

As for me, well, Lionstracs lost at least ONE potential customer on this thread...