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July 18th 2013, 12:23 AM
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Exert from:

International MIDI Association Bulletin, Spring 1993
Copyright © 1993 Simon Higgs. All Rights Reserved.

"As the copyright law stands at the time I write this (and it will most likely be the same when you read this), the MIDI File falls fairly and squarely between the cracks in the law, and is not subject to the protection that the existing copyright law demands. There are essentially three conditions to determine whether the subject matter is copyrightable: 1) it must be a work of authorship; 2) it must be original; and 3) it must be fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Don't get me wrong, the musical work embodied in the MIDI File enjoys full protection of the copyright law. However, the shell (for lack of a better phrase) - that is the MIDI File that contains the work, is not recognized as a fixed form, and therefore cannot be registered by the US Copyright Office. It's relatively simple to realise that if you can't register something then you have no established copyright protection for that work. In this particular case, it is only the registration of the work in the fixed form of the MIDI File that is being prevented. The good news, is that you can still register the work by providing the US Copyright Office with copies in other fixed forms in lieu of the MIDI File."