Generating Every Possible Melody to Avoid Copyright Claims
TEDx Talks · Talk · 18 min · 2020 · YouTube title: Copyrighting all the melodies to avoid accidental infringement | Damien Riehl | TEDxMinneapolis
Why it's here
HN cites it as the stunt behind 'copyright every melody' in threads about music copyright, takedowns and AI authorship.
What it covers
Lawyer and musician Damien Riehl argues that music is math with a finite number of melodies, and describes how he and programmer Noah Rubin generated every possible melody and released them under CC0 to avoid accidental infringement claims.