Copryright Infringement

Ferdows

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Hi guys,

If I remake a beat and use different sounds but the same melodie and chords, is it copyright infringement?
So I didnt literally sample anything, but just replayed it.

Thanks.
 
same chords not an infringement

same melody is an infringement

however, you are actually talking about a reproduction, which is covered by a very specific type of license which you can get for pennies on the sales dollar (but for which you must pay up front to begin with)

Go to the harry Fox Agency or similar to learn more
 
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actually not - chords are limited in number (less than 1700 or so all the way up to altered 13th chords); there are a limited number of sequences/progressions between any two chords that actually work musically that are pleasing.

Contrast this with a melody that has at least 4 variables in play for each and every note:
1) pitch
2) duration
3) dynamic (loud/soft)
4) articulation (short/long/accented/etc)

so two melodies that share the same pitch sequence may still not be considered to infringe the copyright of the other due to the nature of the durations and the articulations and dynamics applied to the differing melodies....

US Supreme Court held as early 1913 that WC Handy could neither copyright nor patent the 12 bar blues progression for these very reasons
 
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