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Re:Copyrighting melodies to avoid accidental infringement [v... by apodysophilia on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @04:03PM (#22302821)
There is no right to be free from competition.
Re:Copyrighting melodies to avoid accidental infringement [v... by rebuilder on Tuesday February 11, 2020 @04:39PM (#22303176)
But unfair competition is often legislated against.

Without copyright, competition would not be for the ability to create -it would be for the ability to distribute. The end result would be much the same as we have now - an oligopoly of distribution channels, only they'd pay the artists less, if anything.

Re:Copyrighting melodies to avoid accidental infringement [v... by jjeaff on Wednesday February 12, 2020 @12:04AM (#22305954)
There is no right to be free from competition.