“Melancholy Elephants” http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200011/0671319744___1.htm http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200011/0671319744___1.htm TL;DR musical copyright

“Melancholy Elephants” http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200011/0671319744___1.htm http://www.baen.com/chapters/W200011/0671319744___1.htm TL;DR musical copyright is already borderline-absurd just given nearly-free recording and retention and a lot of people participating in musical creation for a century or three. Add incredibly-productive creativity-simulating computers to the mix and it’s entirely absurd—nothing’s actually original enough to pass as distinct beyond a surprisingly-quickly-reached point, the space is too small. It all becomes accidental rediscovery or outright plagiarism.