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[Ed Lamoureux]

On Aug 10, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Jeremy Hunsinger wrote:

> we should be clear that putting them into form.... requires them to
> not be your composition and not a prior composition or prior  
> idea... no?

sorry.. did you mistype this? To be properly protected, the stuff has  
to have been mine in the first place


as noted in a later post, I DID fail to fully explain the analogy to  
music and the relationship to the compulsory license system.
Once I've written the words down, or noted the music or played it....
in writing, the work is protected (if it was mine to start with) from  
ANY copying other than that which is allowed via fair use or my  
permission.
In music, the work is protected from copying (that is, re- 
transcribing the notes as though they were yours) AND from public  
performance, but in the case of the latter, the protection is  
afforded through compulsory licensing that compensates me for your  
public performance . . . you don't have to ask, but you do have to pay.

> On Aug 10, 2007, at 4:32 PM, Ed Lamoureux wrote:
>
>> sorry
>> IP law is really clear on this.
>> once I put the ideas into form, they are protected by copyright law.
>> You can't copy my song without permission. If you do, it's
>> infringement.
>> Doesn't matter where you do it.  If I find out about it, I can seek a
>> cease and desist order

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