Originally Posted By: cliftond
Yeah, I know I am going to stir the pot here again. I am a believer that song lyrics should be copyrighted, but, I dont think melodies should be. Take tunes out of the copyright equation and we would have real original music all over the place again on radio. Just my 2 bits and I am sure I am in the minority here. Cliff
The Copyright Office of the Library of Congress and Title 17 of the US Code do not agree with you.

Originally Posted By: VideoTrack
Why would the melody be less copyrightable than the lyrics?
I think that musically, the melody is even more important than the lyrics.
You are entitled to your opinion but you are quite wrong on this. See my previous paragraph.

In February, I may have more to say about this for reasons that will be clear if I decide to weigh in again. I might even explain my last statement.

It's still January, however.

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