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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>I have an argument on that. First of all, anyone
can sing in the shower without paying royalties. Well, people who can't
talk have Dectalk in their communication device, so what if they wanted to sing
in the shower?</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Now, when I buy sheet music I'm converting it into an
alternative format which is legal. Alternative formats for the disabled
are exampt from paying royalties which is why the library for the blind can put
books and newspapers on tape, CD, oe the talking book
radio.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>A Dectalk file can not be converted back into sheet
music, therefore I'm not copying anything.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>Now, to record an album, yes, you do need to pay
royalties. But to just sing a Scout song, camp song, sing Happy Birthday
to a friend, or whatever, I will fight to the death before I pay
royalties. </FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>If a 5 year old starts singing "THE WHEELS ON THE BUS"
no one has to pay royalties. So setting up a communication device so a
disabled 5 year old can sing the same song is simply equal access. Dectalk
is nothing more than an external voice for many people. It's no different
than walking with a wheelchair, seeing with a seeing eye dog, or anything
else.</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV><STRONG><FONT size=4>SNOOPI</FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<DIV>In a message dated 3/4/2006 9:57:19 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
geczy@earthlink.net writes:</DIV>
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size=2>Hey,<BR><BR>Flint Million's site ( www .themillionweb.com) had some
that were not on the list.<BR><BR>Third questions:<BR><BR>Here's what I think
about all this dectalk and singing business: Since these songs are copywrited,
you would need permition from the authors to sell them. I think as long
as the songs are free and not sold for 30 dollars per 50 song, you would be ok
with Plannetmirror and all that crap. Yes, you still made it, but you
did not rewrite the song's text from scratch. If you do sell it for
instance, you would need to ask the writers if you can and if they say so,
dedicate 5 percent of your sails to the writers. So I don't think Jayson
could get in trouble with that stupid company. I mean, cmon, their site
is full of spam!<BR><BR>Anyways, try flint's site, it's under speech synthesis
songs. Hth<BR><BR>Tomi<BR><BR>)<BR><BR>> ----- Original Message
-----<BR>>From: "Matthew Horspool" <drjaws@blueyonder.co.uk<BR>>To:
"DECtalk Discussions" <dectalk@bluegrasspals.com<BR>>Date: Sat, 4 Mar
2006 10:22:48 -0000<BR>>Subject: [DECtalk] Vocal
Writer<BR><BR>>Hello,<BR><BR>>Can I first congratulate the person who
created the more recent Vocal<BR>>Writer songs? They're
wonderful! Could that person please contact
me<BR>>off-list?<BR><BR>>Secondly, is there a website where I can
download Vocal Writer demo<BR>>songs other than those on the
archive?<BR><BR>>Thirdly, and perhaps more seriously, there are a few songs
in the<BR>>/vocalwriter directory on the archive that might prevent
the<BR>>planetmirror mirror if they found out. I'm wondering if it's
worth<BR>>moving those to a separate archive which is not
mirrored?<BR><BR>>---<BR><BR>>Matthew F.
Horspool<BR><BR>>E-mail:<BR>>matthew@thehorspools.com<BR><BR>>Microsoft
.net
Messenger:<BR>>drjaws@blueyonder.co.uk<BR><BR>>Skype:<BR>>matthewhorspool<BR><BR>>Web:<BR>>www.thehorspools.com<BR><BR>>_______________________________________________<BR>>DECtalk
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list<BR>>DECtalk@bluegrasspals.com<BR>>http://jaybird.no-ip.info/mailman/listinfo/dectalk<BR>_______________________________________________<BR>DECtalk
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