MUSIC - No more melodies!

[Northadox]

these guys went ahead and generated all (legally distinguishable) permutations of melodies and fixed them to a physical medium, granting them copyright over them, and then they released them into the public domain (well, with a public domain equivalent license).

the need for something like this is just a small part of why I think the current state of copyright law is BEYOND cringe. it is the most cringy cringe set of laws written down in the books. not only does it last an ungodly amount of time, the line between infringement and homage is blurred, and those with enough money can squash anyone who dares oppose their monopoly. not only has it stifled culture and preservation, its powers have been bloated to such an extent that it can be used as a tool of censorship and even restrict your rights (see the DMCA's anti-circumvention clauses, DRM or DIgital Restrictions Management in general, etc.)

but yes as for melodies, there's only so many ways you can arrange a melody, but music can be further distinguished by instrumentation, rhythm, pitch, tempo, etc. will we run out of melodies? probably, but I think you can still vary up music in a lot of different ways.