We live in that world: copyright, as it has become, is fundamentally incompatible with music as a field. To say nothing of the issues it creates for covering, s

We live in that world: copyright, as it has become, is fundamentally incompatible with music as a field. To say nothing of the issues it creates for covering, sampling, remixing, and setting new words to existing tunes (a time-honored musical tradition), there are increasing numbers of law suits over things that basically boil down to existing in the same genre or using the same fundamental musical laws. Even if the suits don't go unfavorably, simply publishing an original song opens one up to a major risk. It's been interesting to watch Adam Neely, a music theory YouTuber and practicing musician, become increasingly disillusioned with copyright after analyzing a handful of high profile music lawsuits...all of which were as ridiculous as Oracle v Google.