Every Melody Has Been Copyrighted and why it's good for the average musician

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Last edited by V0RT3X on Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:36 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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well he can sue me and i can say "never heard it, not had access to his hd"
case closed.

he needs to learn how copyright law works.
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Lol did you even watch the video??
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no, seemed pointless given the title ;)
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who is the guy on the phone? i recognise his face.


fair enough, theyre coming at it from a side i can get with. you should include some words to suggest such :P
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V0RT3X wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:54 pm Lol did you even watch the video??
What's the point? Even the premise is wrong. There are a ton of melodies that are either out of copyright or were never copyrighted and which can never be copyrighted. This is why, if someone accuses you of stealing a melody, it can be handy to be able to point to a classical tune as inspiration rather than, let's say, Marvin Gaye.

Also, there is a "sweat of the brow" doctrine in (some) copyright law. Randomly generating melodies on a computer is highly unlikely to pass muster with a court on that front alone as even Lionel Hutz could probably put a trivial argument together to blow it out of the water.

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V0RT3X wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:54 pm Lol did you even watch the video??
because everything on youtube is a fact?
An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."

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whyterabbyt wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:54 pm
V0RT3X wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:54 pm Lol did you even watch the video??
because everything on youtube is a fact?
dogmen are though. right? :o
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vurt wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:56 pm
whyterabbyt wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 4:54 pm
V0RT3X wrote: Tue Feb 11, 2020 3:54 pm Lol did you even watch the video??
because everything on youtube is a fact?
dogmen are though. right? :o
absolutely. there's actual photographic evidence for that.

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An idiot on Set Theory:
"In some cases there is an object called red that contains everything that is red. In much the same way a pot is a plate."

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phew!
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the guy doing the video raided an interesting point regards owning a number. owning words and melodies does seem an odd concept when it is boiled down to "language".

how many words would you need to break copyright rules?
ie take a page of the "continue this using lyrics" thread in ot classics.
if you do a whole verse, obviously taking the piss (there may be ocasional homage type things... dunno)
but a few words then a few words from another song, sang to new melodies?
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Even those copyrighted before this?

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Didn't watch because Adam Neely

all this stuff is usually the wrong conversation anyway. These lawsuits are just about rich bastards trying to stifle creative output from competitors.
Last edited by AngelCityOutlaw on Wed Feb 12, 2020 3:22 am, edited 1 time in total.

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Does he have an exact copy of ‘Machine Gun’ by the Peter Brötzmann Octet?

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This is actually quite fascinating. I almost skipped because “lawyers” “copyright” but it’s an interesting look at the subject. Those guys are pretty cool.


Forgotten wrote: Wed Feb 12, 2020 2:09 am Does he have an exact copy of ‘Machine Gun’ by the Peter Brötzmann Octet?
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Or either of the bands formerly known as the Warlocks early improvisations? 😃
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