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Re:An experiment in crowd-sourced songwriting by akeck on Thursday September 01, 2016 @01:29PM (#12407208)
I couldn't find a TOS. There was no click-through license that granted rights one way or another. So... if they get something really good, defending their copyright on the piece will be difficult?
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Re:An experiment in crowd-sourced songwriting by sova on Thursday September 01, 2016 @02:22PM (#12407656)
They own the platform so.. I don't think it would be difficult. How else could it come into being without their hosting of the platform? Then again, if there were a class-action suit... perhaps, but it seems more like a task of fancy than a task of profit. Anyway, music is kinda a different ballgame thanks to ASCAP
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Re:An experiment in crowd-sourced songwriting by dublinben on Thursday September 01, 2016 @02:32PM (#12407722)
Owning the platform doesn't make them the author of the piece. Each member of the crowd can claim to be a partial author, which is a copyright nightmare.
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