What kinds of MIDI files do you want?

wantstoknow · Post by **wantstoknow** » 01-28-11 3:04 pm

can everyone send these songs for me i really really really want theme

''Jacobs theme'' Howard Shore
Hope ''Who Am I To Say''
Miley Cyrus''Butterfly fly away''
B.o.B - Airplanes (Feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore)
Alexandre Desplat Meadow(from new moon)
Alexandre Desplat Dreamcatcher

iidara · Post by **iidara** » 02-24-11 6:57 pm

I never post midi without permission.

jimhenry · Post by **jimhenry** » 02-24-11 7:53 pm

iidara, please read the Forum rules at the top of this area regarding what MIDI attachments are allowed and delete those that are not permitted according to the rules. Thank you.

DC64 · Post by **DC64** » 02-24-11 8:44 pm

No offence, but it is also a pain to have to scroll past the midi's i have seen over 5 times in different areas.
And the extra commentary of over 20+ frownies.

(sad, but overdone)
(And i have already posted some of those midi's elsewhere.)
Edit: I refer to here: viewtopic.php?p=17994#p17994

aria1121 · Post by **aria1121** » 02-25-11 10:07 am

@jimhenry
I didn't find any spore of copyright in iidara's MIDI's. But if I see how the MIDI's are made, they could've been copyrighted 'cause their instrumental sound "exactly" like in the real song. They should be placed in a particular thread in the Club section.

jimhenry · Post by **jimhenry** » 02-25-11 11:07 am

aria1121 wrote:@jimhenry
I didn't find any spore of copyright in iidara's MIDI's. But if I see how the MIDI's are made, they could've been copyrighted 'cause their instrumental sound "exactly" like in the real song. They should be placed in a particular thread in the Club section.

There is no longer a requirement to include a copyright notice. The policy here is that you cannot post a MIDI unless you know beyond a shadow of a doubt that it is not copyrighted. For starters that means that you yourself prepared the MIDI file or have written permission from the person who did. Then you have to be making the MIDI file from a musical composition that is your own or a score published before 1923.

Yes, I know this is a pain but we are trying to protect Nicholas from being hassled. Thank you to everyone for helping with this.

aria1121 · Post by **aria1121** » 02-25-11 11:12 am

Then do we have to search the WHOLE INTERNET for it's copyright? I don't think so!

Usually people create an extra track in the MIDI on track 0 with as Track name the copyright description.

jimhenry · Post by **jimhenry** » 02-25-11 12:25 pm

aria1121 wrote:Then do we have to search the WHOLE INTERNET for it's copyright? I don't think so!

Unfortunately a U.S. court wouldn't agree with you. You have to assume everything is copyrighted unless you know it is not. If you have a MIDI file of a current song, you know it is copyrighted without having to search anything. If you have a MIDI file that you didn't prepare, you know it is copyrighted without having to search anything. That doesn't mean the copyright owner will enforce their copyright, but they could. Annoying for sure, but not difficult.

aria1121 · Post by **aria1121** » 02-25-11 3:31 pm

But it's harder to know on older songs. I have some MIDI's I made from a pack of stencils - by Duvernoy, I really like to share but don't know if I can upload them.

jimhenry · Post by **jimhenry** » 02-25-11 3:53 pm

Is this Jean-Baptiste Duvernoy (1802 – 1880)? So far so good, obviously composed before 1923. Composer copyright has lapsed.

What are stencils? Perforated rolls, sheets, or cards for playing a mechanical instrument? I see why you could be concerned there. Did the stencil provide an arrangement that is clearly different from the music as originally published? If the stencil isn't obviously new and if there is no information printed on the stencil to give you a clue as to the creator or dates, then I think you might have to treat it in whatever way seems reasonable regarding a possible arranger copyright.

You created the MIDI? Good, you hold the MIDI arranger's copyright and you can license the file as you choose if the composer and arranger copyrights are clear.

Hope that helps.

aria1121 · Post by **aria1121** » 02-25-11 3:56 pm

Okay, then I'll post it and copyright it under CC. (In my MIDI Topic)

tygrysek · Post by **tygrysek** » 04-15-11 1:53 pm

Hello Could you send me this song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bv_q20nz ... re=related
thx anyway

aria1121 · Post by **aria1121** » 04-15-11 3:28 pm

Read the forum rules (pink box above) or read this whole topic to understand why it is illegal to share a MIDI of a copyrighted song.

thecoffeecan · Post by **thecoffeecan** » 04-16-11 3:16 am

ok... I have some copyright-related questions:

What if I created a MIDI file of a recent song? Would that be copyright infringement?
Then what if it is a new rendition/remix (maybe a piano version)? Is it still under copyright?

just askin.

Post by **Nicholas** » 04-18-11 7:18 pm

Creating it for personal use is (always) fine.

Posting it for others to download is infringement for both of those cases unless you acquire an appropriate license and distribute the files correctly under those terms.

thecoffeecan · Post by **thecoffeecan** » 04-19-11 8:04 am

oh.. looks like I have to keep these files for myself.
bummer..

sarahleanneg · Post by **sarahleanneg** » 05-22-11 5:38 pm

Hey guys. I'm new to this forum! Haha. But I am looking for the following midi files;
Taylor Swift [enchanted]
Taylor Swift [you're not sorry]
Taylor Swift [white horse]
Thanks

thecoffeecan · Post by **thecoffeecan** » 06-11-11 7:00 pm

sarah, I think those midis won't be posted here due to copyright concerns. Though, you can look for it all over the net or request someone to sequence it for you.. (maybe I'll do someday, when I have the time)