Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin, had a computer output[0] every combination of 8 notes in an octave, which came to approximately 68 billion separate “melodies ” tha

Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin, had a computer output[0] every combination of 8 notes in an octave, which came to approximately 68 billion separate “melodies ” that they have claimed copyright over. Their goal is to release these melodies into the public domain to prevent anyone else from asserting copyright over any of the note sequences in the future. [0] https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/whats-the-point-of-writing-every-possible-melody/607120/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/whats...