Software patents are like allowing railroad companies to patent how far apart their rails are. In other words - they discourage interoperation in an industry where interoperation is manifestly in the public interest.https://twitter.com/seldo/status/1084940413633363968 …
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I don't know much about music, so thanks for your patience with what is likely a basic-level point - I would've thought that copyrighting a melody effectively prevented other artists from using that chord progression, so it would be sort of defacto-copyrighting the progression.
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Sounds like there is something deeper here though that I'm not grasping.
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Ahhhhh ok! I think I see what you mean. Thanks for the extra explanation.
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