Virtual Playing Orchestra is a legal minefield! (Patreon)

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2022-02-12 04:12:54

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2022-02

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It was brought to my attention, that the popular free library of orchestral sampled instruments has some licensing issues. I've taken a good look. And I could't believe what I saw.

This is bad news, but it's necessary so we don't violate copyright of the authors of samples used by VPO.

The video covers this whole issue in detail, hopefully making it clear what's wrong and why does it matter.

Until these licensing issues an be resolved, I recommend everybody: DO NOT USE VIRTUAL PLAYING ORCHESTRA unless you really know what you're doing and can abide by all the licenses that are encumbering this library.

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WARNING! Virtual Playing Orchestra is a legal minefield!

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