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If you listen to a MIDI video game track and use your ear to write a violin-and-piano arrangement, do you own the copyright to your arrangement, or does the ori
by jbay808 6y ago
If you listen to a MIDI video game track and use your ear to write a violin-and-piano arrangement, do you own the copyright to your arrangement, or does the original composer?
- hnlmorg 6y agoThe original composer still owns the copyright for the composition but you own the copyright for the performance. Just like if you sang someone else's song.
- jbay808 6y agoMuch like cleanroom-written code, these are often made without ever looking at the official sheet music, just hearing some synth midi and figuring out a neat way to replicate the general idea using traditional instruments. But yes, apparently it would be violating US copyright law to rearrange music this way. http://ostrowesq.com/no-you-dont-own-your-arrangement-of-that-hit-song/ http://ostrowesq.com/no-you-dont-own-your-arrangement-of-tha...