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A Question of Ethics

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  • #32
    jtsuited
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,401 ✭✭✭jtsuited


    eh rob, we're not talking about the ssl ones which waves obviously pay a royalty for as they use the ssl name.
    We're talking about the CLA-2A, CLA76, V-series (which is based on neve stuff) and the other plugs that don't have the name of the original on them but are clearly emulations.


  • #33
    ebaysellerrob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭ebaysellerrob


    a copyright is held for 50 years after the death.so work it out from there if rupert neve died today his copyrights in his name would no longer be valid in 50 years time...its like copyright on a song its not the notes that are copyrighted but the order and the way you get from one to another if you apply the same logic to waves then yes even the plugin giant will have to pay


  • #34
    ebaysellerrob
    Closed Accounts Posts: 100 ✭✭ebaysellerrob


    as far as I can see and know from my own copyrights.Waves copyright the algorithm and that is what you pay for.Neve has copyright for how the sound is changed ie how it distorts and alters the signal put into it.So if it sounds like neve its prob close but no cigar otherwise waves pay....and any one else getting the feeling that this topic is a should waves be so expensive/justify the use of cracked plugin topic.


  • #35
    madtheory
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,892 ✭✭✭madtheory


    Products are not copyrighted, they are subject to trademark and/ or patent. It is creative works are subject to copyright, such as books, songs etc. Something that is a product, such as what we're discussing here, is normally patented, and these have to be renewed about every 20 years, at a fairly high cost. It is copyright that lasts after the creator's death, not patent. Ya, I know an electronic circuit is creative, but that is actually the legal distinction.A trademark would cover the look of the product.

    That's the basics off the top of my head anyway.

    So, does anyone on this thread actually own the Waves plugins, and can post the pdf of the license?

    I agree that all this should be unrelated to Waves's pursuit of crackers, but that's just my POV.


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