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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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