Hi Chris, > If using a tool to generate a score made it not copyrightable, wouldn't using > Lilypond to generate a score prevent copyright?
No more than using a hammer to build a house makes the house belong to someone else. ;) The problem isn’t “using a tool” — it’s using a library built almost entirely on other people’s uncredited and unpaid (and in most cases copyrighted) work. LLMs are famously and notoriously trained using copyrighted works, without the permission or remuneration required by copyright law. Having an LLM generate actual content for you is then “fruit of the poisoned tree”, since it’s essentially impossible to provably generate something non-derivative [in the technical sense of that word]. Hope that helps clear things up! Kieren. __________________________________________________ My work day may look different than your work day. Please do not feel obligated to read or respond to this email outside of your normal working hours.
