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It's not the physical expression of the song that's copyrighted, it's the sequence of notes. Just like in a book it's the sequence of words, not the book itself, that's copyrighted. That's why you can't lift the text of a book word-for-word and avoid copyright violation.

However you transform the song, it still has the same sequence of notes when you listen to it. That's what is copyrighted.

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And yet another example  GMTobias | 07/19/05
Of course you don't.  John Zern | 07/19/05
Boy, copyright is doing old Walt a world of good six feet under  rpmyers1 | 07/19/05
Copywriting extends to more then just music  John Zern | 07/19/05
You don't get my point  rpmyers1 | 07/19/05
Do you know that?  voska | 07/19/05
See voska has a brain...  GMTobias | 07/19/05
Ahmen to that!  DarthRidiculous | 07/19/05
Copyright Needs Reform ... Badly  coffeenite | 07/19/05
Whoops!!  coffeenite | 07/19/05
I wonder how long this will take to pass?  voska | 07/19/05
Oh, that would never happen up here in Canada!  osreinstall | 07/19/05
but you miss a little point  toxicfreak | 07/19/05
You missed my point  osreinstall | 07/19/05
Yep  rapson | 07/20/05
Sure do  voska | 07/19/05
You should not...  IT_Critic | 07/19/05
So...  rapson | 07/19/05
Well...  IT_Critic | 07/19/05
They are NOT their words  magcomment | 07/19/05
1 and 0  voska | 07/19/05
So far example...  IT_Critic | 07/20/05
The notes stay the same do they not  voska | 07/20/05
Nope  rapson | 07/20/05
Caching in General  denncruise | 07/19/05
Where does freedom reign?  Roger Ramjet | 07/19/05
Nothing has passed yet  voska | 07/19/05
Caching to Wimax to WiMesh  Squawkbox | 07/19/05
Dark thoughts  Roger Ramjet | 07/19/05
Thanks Roger  Squawkbox | 07/19/05
what about proxy servers?  fliptop | 07/19/05
Like it says...  IT_Critic | 07/19/05
What Would Brian Boitano Do?  itanalyst | 07/19/05
Or just turn them off  IT_Critic | 07/19/05
Lawmakers know nothing of technology  Protector | 07/19/05
Yes they do.  Henrick Ericcson | 07/19/05
Maybe Microsoft will get sued  magcomment | 07/19/05
legal shakedown...  jbroche18 | 07/19/05
Copyright for web content  jkeels | 07/19/05
How about Temporary Internet Files in IE  kchahal | 07/19/05
No...  raymanjr | 07/19/05

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