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In the US music industry, there are separate copyrights for songwriting and recordings. If you create an original recording of a birdsong, then you hold the cop
by jvoorhis 15y ago
In the US music industry, there are separate copyrights for songwriting and recordings. If you create an original recording of a birdsong, then you hold the copyright to that recording. I don't understand how owning a copyright for a melody created and performed by birds is defensible.
- onemoreact 15y agoIt's the same way you can own the copyright on a photograph. It's enough that you decided to open a sensor at a specific time and location and record a physical event.
- jvoorhis 15y agoExactly. So if you opened the sensor, then any Rumblefish claim is invalid...