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Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin have all the melodies on a hard drive. (More info in this Adam Neely video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfXn_ecH5Rw https://www.
by an_ko 4y ago
Damien Riehl and Noah Rubin have all the melodies on a hard drive. (More info in this Adam Neely video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfXn_ecH5Rw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sfXn_ecH5Rw and the TED talk linked in a nearby comment.) So depending on a court's kinda arbitrary definition of creativity on any given day, all of them may or may not be copyrighted already.
An infringement being accidental also doesn't seem to stop copyright holders from successfully suing people. I think this means you could technically be successfully sued for dropping some bricks on a piano, since no matter where they land, the action constitutes a public performance of a copyrighted work. Fun stuff.
- dcow 4y agoWhich is most certainly not the original intention of copyright, if we are to even give the concept credence. I'm of the opinion that the entire system of western copyright law is absolutely broken. You definitely can't infringe on copyright by dropping bricks on a piano, in the world with a flourishing creative arts scene, anyway. Something went terribly wrong. PS: I also second the Adam Neely video. I was actually wondering if someone would link it (:
- damienriehl 4y agoThanks for your note about our project! To learn more about the ~471 billion melodies we created — then copyrighted — then put in the public domain (to protect songwriter "you stole my melody" defendants), more information is here: http://allthemusic.info/faqs/ http://allthemusic.info/faqs/