Originally Posted by Alek
Originally Posted by Dayson

I've read that songs are legally defined by the lyrics and melody.


plus chord progression...so, melody, chord progression and lyrics
are subject of copyright, well, as I stated before with example
of 2 different hit songs that were recorded over the same track...


No, a chord progression is not part of the copyright. However, a recorded track is copyrighted as a recording (℗ not ©). Therefore, if you use someone's pre-recorded track, they become co-copyright holders of the final recording (in my opinion).


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