Re: (TV) bummer

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rex Broome" <rexbroome@gmail.com>
To: <tv@obbard.com>
Sent: Friday, December 09, 2005 2:06 PM
Subject: Re: (TV) bummer


> On 12/9/05, Joe Hartley <jh@brainiac.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, 9 Dec 2005 17:52:44 +0000
> > Keith Allison <keith@marquee.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > One wonders just how copyrightable just a chord sequence is.
>
>
> My understanding is: not at all.  It's melody lines which are 
> copyrightable,
> I think, and there's some formula as to what percentage of a melody line 
> has
> to mirror another work before it's "infringement"

As far as I know, there's no formula. It' seems to be more subjective. If a 
listener could reasonably say "Hey, that sounds like..." there's a case.
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