Originally Posted By: Matt Finley
Back to the merits of the question:

I agree each generated solo will be unique in total, but it should be acknowledged that there can sometimes be similarities or even the same phrase that pops up in the same place.



Great point! In my experience, such melodies often change VERY little from one iteration to the next. Therefore, while each iteration is truly UNIQUE in the sense that it is not exactly the same as any other iteration, that DOES NOT create a copyrightable work for EACH interation.

Why? Because there would OFTEN be VAST similarities between the two iterations and the first user to perfect a copyright in the earlier of the two interations is going to WIN an infrinegment claim against the later version.

You CANNOT merely change a few notes in an entire work and perfect a copyright interest in that work. And again...in my LIMITED experience generating melodies, the similarities often VASTLY exceed the differences from ineration to iteration.

So, in answer to the question..."Can I obtain an enforceable copyright in a melody generated by BIAB?"...the answer is "MAYBE and MAYBE NOT."

I GET it that the above is not necessarily a helpful answer...but it is the correct one! One slight element of clarification would be that at least PG cannot claim a copyright in whatever melody a user randomly generates.

Clear as mud huh? Welcome to the world of copyright law!!!!

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Best,

Jim