Intellectual Property,
Entertainment & Sports
Oct. 24, 2017
Death of music rumors are greatly exaggerated
There are millions of registered musical works original enough for copyright.. Some were undoubtedly written by the very same songwriters who profess to be worried about the "Blurred Lines" case. I'll bet all of them have produced plenty of original expression with the scant 12 notes available.
Full disclosure: I co-authored an amicus brief in the "Got To Give It Up" v. "Blurred Lines" appeal on behalf of 14 of the most accomplished musicologists in the country. (I and my co-counsel, the estimable Howard Abrams of Detroit Mercy Law School, acted pro bono.) So I read "There are only 12 notes, in so many octaves" (Oct. 12, 2017) by Delia Ramirez with interest. My interest quickly gave way to surprise that the evidence on which the jury actually relied to find ...
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