Re: Musical files and chords
Scripsit Raphael Goulais
> On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 19:27, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > I don't think so. If the chord sequence is not protected by copyright
> > in itself, it does not magically become protected by your telling what
> > it is.
> If you provide the arrangement under the name of the song ? This can be
> considered as derivative work.
No - if what you're providing is not a copyrightable work at all
(because of lack of originality), it logically cannot be a *derived*
work, even if you tell where you got it from.
> The question is ... Is the association of the song name + chords
> considered as derivative work ?
The name is just a fact. The question is whether the chord progression
is, by itself, sufficiently original to be protected. That is
orthogonal to the question about its being accompanied by the name.
--
Henning Makholm "Det er jo svært at vide noget når man ikke ved det, ikke?"
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