RobRoy

19 hours ago, Phil O'Keefe said:

My daughter just texted me the link to this article and asked me what I thought. Unfortunately, I can not repeat what I said in reply without breaking the site rules... while their intent (attempting to prevent musicians from getting sued) may be admirable, it also could possibly stop songwriters from exercising their own creativity and writing their own new songs, and remove another one of the major income streams that many musicians rely upon to make a living.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wxepzw/musicians-algorithmically-generate-every-possible-melody-release-them-to-public-domain

What's next? Algorithmically writing every possible book and magazine article, artificially creating every possible movie and TV script, algorithmically creating every painting and photo and releasing all of those things to the public domain? Sorry.... I do not like this one bit because I think it could have considerable unexpected negative consequences for the arts. 

I'd love to hear your thoughts on the subject - pro or con.  

Blame our litigious society. I remember way back in the late 70's commenting on how we are so addicted to lawsuits that it will impact areas in our lives that we could not possibly imagine.

And here we are.

Do you think that the process of creating and populating the page has just brought to the surface just how bad the situation is - and was even before you did this.

IOW, you may have given us some useful KPI's.

This whole thread brings this to mind:

"For the lips of the adulterous woman drip honey, and her seductive words are smoother than olive oil, but in the end she is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. Her feet go down to death; her steps lead straight to the grave. Lest she should make level the path leading to life, her paths are unstable but she does not know it."

Solomon actually has quite a bit to say to men about "sleeping around". I can say with utmost confidence that in the long run it is not a good thing. Not remotely.

"I'm watching you Wausowsky. Always watching you..."