<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div>On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 4:54 PM Ben Zaiboc via extropy-chat <<a href="mailto:extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org">extropy-chat@lists.extropy.org</a>> wrote:<br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <div>On 19/08/2021 00:24, Dave Sill wrote:<br>
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                  <div> I know it won't help make this go away, but
                    "background sounds" aren't public domain.</div>
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            <div>Actually, they are.  I believe he means samples of
              whatever sounds are heard in public.</div>
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      <div>You may be free to record them, but once recorded they're
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    <p>What?</p>
    <p>Please explain how that makes any sense at all.</p></div></blockquote><div>Knowing what/where/when to record, having the expertise to do that, and compiling it into a product that's good enough that people want to hear it or copy it is a creative process that warrants intellectual property protection under the law. It's pretty obvious that if someone works hard enough to create something that others want, their efforts deserve protection from theft.</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright">wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright</a> is pretty informative, if you want to learn more.<br></div><div><br></div><div>-Dave</div></div></div>