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CombImpressive3416 t1_jdth126 wrote

Reply to comment by PyrrhoTheSkeptic in TIL Australian band, Men At Work were sued over their song "Down Under" for similarities to an Australian nursery rhyme "Kookaburra". by El-Hairy

Wouldn't you need to record your own version of the music though? Like the original sheet music might be public domain but that doesn't mean the recorded version released by the orchestra is.

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pohatu771 t1_jdtr78w wrote

Writing music and incorporating a piece of someone else’s composition doesn’t mean you’re using a recording at all.

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pineappleshnapps t1_jdvxjw0 wrote

Actually, sort of. If you record a version of a public domain song, you don’t own the song, but you own the master for the recording, and you’ll get paid for it.

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