> the composer would have legal grounds to sue and win >> I wonder was that tested in a court? In a case where the person who transcribed the song has not prof

> the composer would have legal grounds to sue and win >> I wonder was that tested in a court? In a case where the person who transcribed the song has not profited in any way from that, neither selling the transcription, not selling ads on the web? N=1, but when I was in high school, I remember that several friends in the drama/theatre department were really disappointed one year because they'd performed a copyrighted play the year before for our school (at no charge; our principal firmly believed that charging the $1 admission they typically charged separated the "haves" from the "have-nots"), the board of education received a letter from the copyright holder, and now they were no longer able to do any plays for the school. I guess this doesn't touch whether or not this has been tested in court, but it certainly scared the pants off our board of education.