buzz456 wrote:I hope you are not trying to say that the sound that a for instance, since they are one of the dumber railroads,of a BNSF locomotive is propitiatory? That would be a preposterous idea. If one makes a recording it then becomes his property to do what he wishes with it but the person standing next to him has a equal right to make his own recording which then becomes his property. Now if a employee on company time makes a recording there is some room to argue that it might be the company property but even that is very tenuous as long as the employee didn't use company recording devices.
Recordings are subject to copyright laws but the sounds themselves are generally not.
You are making assumptions on what I said which are not necessarily correct. As you stated, a recording is the property of those who make it, but there also might be gray-area goodwill issues regarded to how such is obtained. If your comment on BNSF being "dumb" is related to the licensing issues, we've been through that before and the issue has nothing to do with BNSF being "dumb." As for my post, since my name was evoked in this thread my sole point was merely making the statement that DTG has been aware of the desire for better sounds and has made (and is making) attempts to address such. I was not looking for either a re-litigation nor a bashing of BNSF which really has nothing to do with this topic.
They are just such a easy target. Forgive me if I have sinned. Since I have first hand knowledge of the hash DTG made of Krellnut Wagon Sounds in no way do I question their sincerity only their wisdom.
