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Re:Senate passes copyright bill to end 140-year protection f... by AnimalMuppet on Wednesday September 19, 2018 @08:09PM (#18028671)
No. There are two arguments. Whether music should be copyrightable at all is settled (though a fringe continues to argue it). That means that the second argument, whether 100-year copyright terms are reasonable, is in fact the main argument at this time.
Re:Senate passes copyright bill to end 140-year protection f... by azernik on Thursday September 20, 2018 @01:48AM (#18030055)
Top of this thread:

"I can't think of any good reason why music should even be copyrightable."

This particular argument is about whether music should be copyrightable.