Uly wrote:Remixes aren't illegal.hyatt wrote:Maybe because it is illegal???
Actual case:
OCRemix
It's full of songs that were rearranged, and performed by fans of video game music, they aren't the same songs that you get when you buy the soundtrack, but they are nevertheless legal, and don't require licensing.
So I can make my own remix of the Mario Theme and upload it there or to NewGrounds, without breaking any laws.
My point here is that the analogy of "Rybka = Illegal song" doesn't hold.
I thought we went over this.
Melody is copyright protected. Harmony isn't.
So if Vas (or the Houdini guy) used the "melody" from another engine then that would be analogous to cloning. If all Vas (or the Houdini guy) used was the "harmony" (VERY BASIC building blocks) of another engine then that would not be cloning. That is they music analogy works.
I would leave it to computer experts to decide what is melody and what is harmony in a computer engine.
But the music analogy does work.