Hi everyone
I’m a bit concerned about some of the recent discussion about extracting audio from apps and copying tapes or CDs.
In the case of Morecombe’s eGuide to Australian Birds, it is designed to be used on a range of portable devices and is sold as such. Whilst you may feel left out if your device won’t run the app, converting it to run differently contravenes the contract agreed to at purchase, and in that case breaches the Copyright Act 1968. Giving instructions on how to achieve this sort of app conversion, especially publicly, might be viewed as inciting a breach of the Act, and that too is unlawful.
The developers of this app are aware of the discussion on Birding-Aus and have asked that contributors stop posting comments, instructions or suggestions on how to breach their copyright. I think this is a fair request – it is defintely one that could be backed with legal action. Fortunately, the developers are nice people (they are birders after all) who merely want to protect their legal and intellectual property.
If you want to discuss tha app itself, that’s fine, as long as it’s about how you use it (legally) or features you’d like to see in it, or even some stories of how it has helped you solve an identification problem. Could I also ask that contributors exercise discretion when they discuss illegal copying or distributing of tapes, CDs, or any other items governed by copyright law? Remember that while copyright sometimes appears to throw up inconvenient obstacles, it is there mainly to protect the hard work and ideas of writers, artists, photographers, recordists and others without whom birding would be missing many of its helpful tools.
Russell Woodford Birding-Aus Founder www.birding-aus.org ===============================
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Thanks for that David, forgot about AVoCet.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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bird sound restricted their efforts to Xeno- download on the Internet Bird Collection….
Just to add to Carl’s list of public archives, the AVoCet collection has a fair few recordings for Australia and the region:
http://avocet.zoology.msu.edu/
As this collection begins with the work of the remarkable ornithologist Pam Rasmussen, it’s greatest concentration of recordings is for India followed by Indonesia. ===============================
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Russ et al,
Perhaps it would be better if those who want to build up their library of bird sound restricted their efforts to Xeno-Canto. Xeno-Canto’s recording of Australian bird sounds can be found at http://www.xeno-canto.org/browse.php?query=+cnt%3A%22Australia%22&pg=1 The recordings on XC are covered by various Creative Commons licences, which allow one to freely use the recordings for personal use.
There are also a growing number of Australian species for download on the Internet Bird Collection at http://ibc.lynxeds.com/locality/australasian/australia I believe recordings on IBC are also covered by Creative Commons.
Downloading from these sites is much easier than trying to hack Morecombe ( or Pizzey, when it appears. Also much cheaper than hiring a solicitor to defend you in breach of copy-write proceedings.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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