Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to prevent lawsuits

Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by willvarfar on Friday February 28, 2020 @06:07AM (#22441970)

The musican has to cut a CD or something phyiscal.

https://www.tunecore.com/guides/copyrights-101 the first paragraph is:

> For a work to be “copyrightable,” it must be original and fixed in tangible form, such as a sound recording recorded (affixed to) on a CD or a literary work printed (affixed to) on paper.

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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by sullyj3 on Friday February 28, 2020 @06:38AM (#22442094)

is a hard drive not a tangible form? Come to think of it, so is a brain, and everything else capable of storing information. That language is atrocious.

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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by jiofih on Sunday March 01, 2020 @06:20AM (#22456389)

It’s about “permanence”, not being able to copyright a live performance that wasn’t recorded for example. It just means you need to be able to distribute / replay the recording, and that means using one of the current common audio technologies.

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Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre... by db48x on Friday February 28, 2020 @11:42AM (#22444034)

It made a lot more sense when it was originally written.

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