Copyright: Musician and Lawyer Game System, Generate Melody Rainbow Table

[Zenaan Harkness]

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 06:31:15PM -0500, grarpamp wrote:
> https://www.vice.com/en_uk/article/wxepzw/musicians-algorithmically-generate-every-possible-melody-release-them-to-public-domain
> https://www.vondranlegal.com/what-constitutes-independent-creation-in-copyright-law
> http://allthemusic.info/
> https://github.com/allthemusicllc/atm-cli
> https://archive.org/download/allthemusicllc-datasets
> 600GB

:D

Very cute - and well done to those who did a little combinatorial math (music in its purest technical analysis is math) to map out every melody :)

Now, I'm inclined to clone the git repo containing the algorithm - or just write it out in $LANG_OF_CHOICE - that's gotta be a new "early lessons learning exercise for those learning to program".

Good stuff,


> Two programmer-musicians wrote every possible MIDI melody in existence
> to a hard drive, copyrighted the whole thing, and then released it all
> to the public in an attempt to stop musicians from getting sued.
> Programmer, musician, and copyright attorney Damien Riehl, along with
> fellow musician/programmer Noah Rubin, sought to stop copyright
> lawsuits that they believe stifle the creative freedom of artists.