Re: Loopers-Delight-d Digest V08 #897

[Stefan Tiedje <stefantiedje@googlemail.com>]

samba - schrieb:
> The reality is that one can obtain copyright for the notatable parts 
> of muic,this does include the rhythmic quaities of a pitch bsed 
> piece,but what is written is melodic. One can't copyright a groove,a 
> texture or a timbre.

At least in Germany that isn't true. The copyright laws are not specific 
in this regard for good reason. They only require a certain depth of the 
work to be considered for being protected. In general if any untrained 
amateur can do it, its not copyrightable, if you need knowledge and 
experience to create it is protected. There are examples though which 
usually relate to recognizable melodies.
Though a melody can't exist without a rhythm, a rhythm can easily exist 
without a melody.
Maybe it has mainly financial reasons, to consider a melody with a 
simple rhythm more complex than a rhythm without melody...

Stefan

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