The Place Of Modern MIDI Music?

-1-Lone_Eagle writes "With the free availability of literally thousands of MIDI files on the Internet, and increasingly powerful home desktop systems and software, virtually anyone can take a MIDI file and using a program such as GarageBand or Reason create a near-studio-quality rendition of their favorite song. This opens up an interesting discussion, is a remixed MIDI file an original creation? Or is it simply a copied work with the rights belonging to the original author? Is it piracy? What do you think?"

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[Anonymous Coward]

< You have a MIDI. May I add the lyrics? >
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% Y

/ There she was just a-shouting to the street     \
| Singing: I want Word from Office from Microsoft |
| Snapping her keyboard and shuffling her mouse   |
| Singing: I want Word from Office from Microsoft |
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\ Want more?                                      /
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% No, kthx.