musical composition

musical composition
A tune or melody represented in characters depicting notes, pitch, time, etc. on a staff which are to be followed by player of instrument or singer. A proper subject of copyright. 18 Am J2d Copyr § 36. An intellectual creation which first exists in the mind of the composer; he may play it for the first time upon an instrument. It is not susceptible of being copied until it has been put in a form which others can see and read. The copyright law has not provided for the protection of the intellectual conception apart from the thing produced. White-Smith Music Publishing Co. v Appolo Co. 209 US 1, 17, 52 L Ed 655, 662, 28 S Ct 319.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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