Scripsit Raphael Goulais > On Fri, 2004-01-16 at 19:27, Henning Makholm wrote:
> > I don't think so. If the chord sequence is not protected by copyright > > in itself, it does not magically become protected by your telling what > > it is. > If you provide the arrangement under the name of the song ? This can be > considered as derivative work. No - if what you're providing is not a copyrightable work at all (because of lack of originality), it logically cannot be a *derived* work, even if you tell where you got it from. > The question is ... Is the association of the song name + chords > considered as derivative work ? The name is just a fact. The question is whether the chord progression is, by itself, sufficiently original to be protected. That is orthogonal to the question about its being accompanied by the name. -- Henning Makholm "Det er jo svært at vide noget når man ikke ved det, ikke?"
