zlacker

> That can't possibly be a valid claim, right?

I'm not a lawyer, but my understanding is that while the "1640's violin composition" itself may be out of copyright, if I record myself playing it, my recording of that piece is my copyright. So if you took my file (somehow) and used it without my permission, and I could prove it, I could claim copyright infringement.

That's my understanding, and I've personally operated that way to avoid any issues since it errs on the side of safety. (Want to use old music, make sure the license of the recording explicitly says public domain or has license info)

>>lbotos+(OP)
The problem is that YouTube AI thinks your recording is the same as every other recording, because it doesn't understand the difference between composition and recording.

>>lbotos+(OP)
…yes, as I understand it there are ‘mechanical’ rights vs. publishing rights… (for example hip hop artists may recreate a sample to avoid paying mechanical royalties, but still end up paying for publishing) https://www.lawinsider.com/dictionary/mechanical-rights

>>lbotos+(OP)
Yes, that sounds right to me. But that's not relevant to "Joe Whoever played it and got sued".