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2 minutes ago, onelife said:

... and, not taking anything away from Bernie, it's Elton's genius that brought their wonderful collaborations to the world.

I don't know, before Bernie.....

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55 minutes ago, arcadesonfire said:

That’s why I had said “and/or to the author connected to a specific recording” just above. I suppose that if there are songwriters who are writing but aren’t connected to a specific recording of their work, then my proposition is troublesome—though no less troublesome than what the folks in the OP are trying.

And like I said, my suggestion really wouldn’t work for COMPOSERS of music that isn’t intended for a specific performer.

I’m largely speaking out of my rear end here, but still just trying to express how I feel like for most pop/rock/country/techno/etc from the past 60ish years, the recordings offer a better signature of the person holding the copyright than do the notes spelled out on a staff. 

Isn't it fairly commonplace in county music for songwriters to wri6for nobody imparticular?

My knowledge here is very slim so I like you, even more so I'm sure, am talking outa my rear too.

13 minutes ago, arcadesonfire said:

Connecting copyright to specific recordings instead of writing would cut down on any revenue made from going to bust people who are profiting off performing your music, but 1) if you're famous, people aren't going to pay to see a cover band and be just as happy as if they had seen you perform the music, and 2) is anybody really going around and policing covers anyway?

What about songwriters?

11 minutes 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.

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As the saying goes....

"The road to hell is paved with good intentions"

.I see this as opening a big of worms better left closed and will likely cause more trouble than it solves.

Just because something can be done doesn't mean it should be.