[eu-gene] Psst...Wanna Buy an Algorithm? (Working Title)

[Michael Gogins]

I can't talk about the law.

But from a more abstract perspective, authorship is what consciously, intentionally constrains possibilities. One can make CDs by randomly inscribing pits. That's just noise. One can determine every bit, every pit, of the sound. That's completely deterministic authorship. One can also write a program that generates sounds with a degree of randomness -- not noise, but selecting from a predetermined set of alternatives. The alternatives could even be "fitness functions" for evolutionary computing. As long as the author has a predetermined set of alternatives or a predetermined strategy, then the program (or whatever implements the strategy) is a score.

Regards,
Mike

-----Original Message-----
From: Antoine Schmitt <as at gratin.org>
Sent: Oct 20, 2005 9:26 AM
To: generative art <eu-gene at generative.net>
Subject: Re: [eu-gene] Psst...Wanna Buy an Algorithm? (Working Title)

:::::::::20/10/05::::14:10 +0100::::Dave Griffiths:::::::::
>The software is not a fixed score for the music.

Come on : John Cage was the first to write open musical scores, where 
the music was not fixed. And all of his musical scores are considered 
music, don't they ? This is widely accepted now.
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