tokumaru wrote:
Sure, as I also remember a LOT of melodies.
There are professional musicologists who know most of the major music publishers' melodies. As I understand the US case law, if you establish due diligence, and you do get found guilty of subconscious infringement, you won't have to pay more than $200 in damages.
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while distributing it to a crazy ammount of "experts" you are, in fact, already releasing the music.
It isn't a "release" if it's under a non-disclosure agreement between the client and the music law service firm.
hap wrote:
What is subconcious plagiarism? A drumloop, or 10 notes that happen to be in another tune? Or basically the whole song?
See
introduction to the case law.
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Sometimes, when composing, I feel 'hey this sounds familiar, but I don't know where it's from'. I change a few notes, and then I'm satisfied.
But are you satisfied that a judge will be satisfied?
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charris: How can you trust all those sites? I'm a bit paranoid that some of them might sell your music and not give you money, or even worse, claim all copyrights of your music after you upload it.
That's a TOS issue.