jawoodruff Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 I've reopened the thread AND I kindly ask that you guys please stay on topic and keep the confrontation to a minimum! It's nice to have a thread this active and heated BUT... no need to resort to confrontation and insults. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tokkemon Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Yeah, to close the thread was silly. That's the kind of, well, stupid moderation that I'm annoyed at. On topic: derivative quotations are ok, but outright plagiarism should be prosecuted. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
computers70 Posted February 21, 2011 Author Share Posted February 21, 2011 We keep the financial gains/loss of copying first, lets discuss more about the musical aspect, if you have any examples please share. there might be a few piece lying in our own forum. do watch out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SSC Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Two posts I previously made on the topic: http://forum.youngcomposers.com/t25263/too-close-to-influences-copies/page__p__342398entry342398 On originality and http://forum.youngcomposers.com/t25443/what-is-music/page__view__findpost__p__349592 as a tangent on copies vs the original. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeckelphoneNYC Posted February 21, 2011 Share Posted February 21, 2011 Well, I think that if you are copying a melody, it should be like a flashback or something, not the main melody of the piece. I think it's fine if you are really just "quoting" it. I think if you take a melody or chord progression that someone else wrote, and you write it and claim it for your own it's kind of cheating, unless you write the melody, then realize it. However, it worked out for Mozart: The melody of the overture to the magic flute was originally Clementi's melody. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
computers70 Posted March 4, 2011 Author Share Posted March 4, 2011 Thank you all composers, in giving me your feedback, this opens up a new perspective for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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