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Copyrighting all the melodies to avoid accidental infringement | Damien Riehl | TEDxMinneapolis

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What it is

Lawyer and musician Damien Riehl argues that music is math with a finite number of melodies, and describes how he and programmer Noah Rubin generated every possible melody and released them under CC0 to avoid accidental infringement claims.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN cites it as the stunt behind 'copyright every melody' in threads about music copyright, takedowns and AI authorship.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “They did a great Tedx talk here”

    Explains the accidental-infringement problems musicians face with melody copyright.

    adamredwoods, 2023-05 · Recommendation · in “Ed Sheeran Demonstrates How Copyright Is Destroying Musicians”

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Topics: melody copyright, cc0, infringement, music law, algorithmic generation

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