The Place Of Modern MIDI Music?

-1-Lone_Eagle writes "With the free availability of literally thousands of MIDI files on the Internet, and increasingly powerful home desktop systems and software, virtually anyone can take a MIDI file and using a program such as GarageBand or Reason create a near-studio-quality rendition of their favorite song. This opens up an interesting discussion, is a remixed MIDI file an original creation? Or is it simply a copied work with the rights belonging to the original author? Is it piracy? What do you think?"

Are you kidding?

[Linker3000]

Have you heard the synthetic wave tables on my Dell laptop!? Welcome to plinky plonky land.

56k Modem

[Jarn_Firebrand]

But if they DO belong to the original owner, who would the rights for the song my 56k modem plays belong to?

Studio Quality?

[n0dalus]

... create a near studio quality rendition of their favorite song.

Maybe I've missed something big, but I didn't know such amazing vocal support was built into MIDI formats. I guess I could always put the lyrics in and let Microsoft Sam (tm) sing it for me, but I'd rather die a horrible, horrible death.

clippy mix

[Anonymous Coward]

< You have a MIDI. May I add the lyrics? >
        \     ____
         \   / __ \
          \  O|  |O|
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% Y

/ There she was just a-shouting to the street     \
| Singing: I want Word from Office from Microsoft |
| Snapping her keyboard and shuffling her mouse   |
| Singing: I want Word from Office from Microsoft |
|                                                 |
\ Want more?                                      /
        \     ____
         \   / __ \
          \  O|  |O|
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% No, kthx.

legal advice

[Anonymous Coward]

are you seriously asking the slashdot community for legal advice?