What Counts as Music and Why?

Posted by michael on Friday October 3, 2003 @11:40AM from the perl-jam dept.

The Importance of writes "There has been much discussion about compulsory licensing schemes. Most of the debate has been about music. But what happens when any file can easily be converted into a sound file and back again? Can shareware authors convert their software to digital music and get paid for sharing it? Can pornographers get paid for turning images into sound? Scott Matthews has written a program (Ka-Blamo) that does the conversion. LawMeme looks at some of the issues. This raises the question, what should count as music and why?"

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A Challenge by hondo77 · 2003-10-03 11:42 · Score: 5, Funny

If he can convert the new Metallica album into music, I'll be impressed.

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Okay, I'll Bite On This... by tds67 · 2003-10-03 11:47 · Score: 5, Funny

Can pornographers get paid for turning images into sound?
Yes, but just remember, it's not the size of the song that counts. Even a short song like this could deeply penetrate P2P networks.