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Because there is nothing showing the tune and the words together (i.e. sheet music) with some kind of statement that involves copyright. It's a shaky leg, but a
by lambada 15y ago
Because there is nothing showing the tune and the words together (i.e. sheet music) with some kind of statement that involves copyright. It's a shaky leg, but a leg nonetheless.
- blahedo 15y agoBut even if they were combined without permission, wouldn't that invalidate the later copyright? I know copyrights aren't exactly like patents, but was it really possible to take something someone else had written (decades earlier!), and copyright it yourself?