Further fallout from the (im)famous Stairway to Heaven guitar riff copyright infringement trial.
Music copyright before 1978 was registered by depositing a copy of the song on sheet music at the US Library of Congress
It seems that the 'deposit copy' sheet music at the Library of Congress for Spirit's Taurus and LZ's Stairway to Heaven do not contain the notes that were said to be infringed upon.
According to the article, this may open other pre-1978 music up to copying without infringement, depending on the quality of the deposit copy music notation.
2019 classic rock riffs loophole
As a bonus, there is a selection of DIY mashups of classic rock riffs.
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