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I feel like it would be possible to write software to tell artists if a song is in danger of copyright infringement of other registered songs. Either by analyzing the raw audio like Shazam does or by feeding the software the transcribed notes on sheet music or something similar.

But I guess here the issue was more about whether or not the infringement was intentional.

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> I feel like it would be possible to write software to tell artists if a song is in danger of copyright infringement of other registered songs.

I'm trying to decide if you (as a joke) plagiarized this idea from the popular TV show Silicon Valley.

Edit: https://youtu.be/sj9hesuQV6s?t=49

Oh no haha I haven't seen that episode (or forgot about it). That would have been a clever joke though.

Probably forgot as it’s the first episode.

It's hard to imagine creative people gathered around a computer waiting for it to judge their newest creation as sufficiently original or not. I imagine the scene would make a great intro for a dystopian sci-fi novel.

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