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I need to tell you this: in the 2000s we worked off the strategy and tactics outlined in The Manual and had a string of global chart topping successes I can only assume others did the same...do u know the bigger story?
Absolutely, I don't see why it wouldn't have worked. I doubt it would work today however.
I think the strategies in the book are timeless
This might be one of the stupidest arguments I've ever heard: “Thin copyright might apply to a doll or a painting because, for example, there are just so many ways to paint a tomato,” Busch said. “Creative choices are limited. It has never applied to music because there are literally an infinite number of creative choices in creating a song.” ... So you're saying there aren't infinite ways to paint a tomato?
That's a terrible argument isn't it? There's a finite number of musical notes, a finite structure to them and a finite number of effects. We're guaranteed to end up with doppelgänger choruses and melodies sooner rather than later.
This also completely ignores there is not a finite number of notes - ever heard someone play a theremin? - and even you restrict yourself to finite tuning systems, there are many to choose from. These can also be used in a pop context - if extremely rarely.
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I've told this story before. In the early 1990s I worked for Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond's record label, back when they were dominating the UK and European pop charts as The KLF ( https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/07/20/537708922/... ). One day we received in the mail a cassette tape and a letter from a law firm representing a composer or publisher (I can't remember which) of a famous Broadway soundtrack…
Was it Jesus Christ Superstar? I actually do hear the similarity but I wouldn't call it a ripoff either. I love the KLF!! Riff starts on the beginning of both tunes. Jesus Christ Supertar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqoeM18vCaU What Time is Love? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28w2LVzxVkU
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> What if the entire piece of media is really short and 10 seconds is most or all of it? If the creator cared, he'd make it longer. Seriously, why should a 5 second movie be worthy of major copyright protection? For example, if I wrote a 100 line computer program, should that be worthy of copyright protection. I'd say "no". A creator of a 10-second movie should consider it advertising for his skills, and hope and pra…
>I f the creator cared, he'd make it longer. I'm sorry, and would like to know how to put it another way to not sound aggressive, but this point is absurd[1]. Length (in this case runtime) of the resulting product has little to no relation to the amount of work or value put into it and its development[2]. 1- I'm not even sure why'd you use code as an example, because it is the easiest counterexample to your point. Hu…
That's what patents are for, not copyrights.
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Absolutely, I don't see why it wouldn't have worked. I doubt it would work today however.
Why do u think it wouldn’t work today? I think the strategies in the book are timeless
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I've told this story before. In the early 1990s I worked for Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond's record label, back when they were dominating the UK and European pop charts as The KLF ( https://www.npr.org/sections/therecord/2017/07/20/537708922/... ). One day we received in the mail a cassette tape and a letter from a law firm representing a composer or publisher (I can't remember which) of a famous Broadway soundtrack…
Was it Jesus Christ Superstar? I actually do hear the similarity but I wouldn't call it a ripoff either. I love the KLF!! Riff starts on the beginning of both tunes. Jesus Christ Supertar https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqoeM18vCaU What Time is Love? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28w2LVzxVkU
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Would you prefer he demanded royalties instead, as their label would if he used a few seconds of their output in one of his films? Or that they just be able to use the sample without credit or royalty?
Maybe a quick Google before going on the attack next time: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/gangstas-of...
A reasonable thing would be to consider "fair use" as any clip less than, say, 10 seconds.
What about small promos or jingles or a ringtone? Would they just not be copyrightable? I think this is harder to define when you consider that "music" expands further than just the traditional 5 minute song on Spotify or the radio.
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If you’re paywalled on NYT you’ve already viewed many articles. You can clear your cookies or you might be interested in subscribing since you seem to enjoy their content.
I don't buy this, there must be some false positive rate in some of these sites. I've been told that I've viewed too many articles on sites I've never visited before. It's happened at home too where I live alone and have not seen my IP address change in a very long time.
I responded the way I did because it’s a common (annoying) trope for people to complain about paywalls in one breath, then in another breath complain about ads/tracking/lack of independent journalism.
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At least in that case and the Blurred Lines case there was some component that was verifiably the same. (But yeah, QT was and is a jerk. Especially when you consider how he ripped off City on Fire.)
What component was veritably the same in the Blurred Lines case? I've listened to both songs and the 'sameness' to my ears is akin to two rock tunes using similar power chords and drum beat.
Whether or not it exists, the Blurred Lines decision was dumb and dangerous, even if Marvin Gaye >>>> Robin Thicke.