Re:Programmers generate every possible melody in MIDI to pre...
by salawat on Friday February 28, 2020 @11:42AM
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>Not even a thought experiment: it’s essentially a 4’33”-long ambient acoustic sample.
I would question any legal professional's authoritative standing to even advise on copyright of a work of music if they miscategorize a recording of ambient sound as a performance of a musical scoring consisting entirely of silence. The copyright doesn't apply to the ambient sound, but to the long quiessence of an artist at their instrument.
It demonstrates a complete blindness of the negative space of music, and a positivistic bias that has no place being enshrined in our legal system.
I would question any legal professional's authoritative standing to even advise on copyright of a work of music if they miscategorize a recording of ambient sound as a performance of a musical scoring consisting entirely of silence. The copyright doesn't apply to the ambient sound, but to the long quiessence of an artist at their instrument.
It demonstrates a complete blindness of the negative space of music, and a positivistic bias that has no place being enshrined in our legal system.