on 3/8/07 11:05 PM, Jaime Magiera at email@hidden wrote:
>> Even further OT, I hear that Microsoft has a patent on algorithmic
>> composition!?! Don't know whether that is true, or where to begin
>> looking it up, but has anyone else heard this?
>
> No, that's nonsense. Algorithmic composition has been happening since
> the 1930's. There's quite a bit of prior art.
It's not nonsense. There are plenty of patents regarding algorithmic music
generation (going back before the 1930's even). Just because there is a lot
of prior art doesn't mean you cannot patent unique and new ideas (I've done
it myself). You can't really patent a car, but you can patent a new design
for a carburetor. In the course of my research, I've seen all sorts of
patents related to music generation.
The Microsoft patent likely being referred to here (actually, there are a
few) was issued to Todor Fay of Blue Ribbon Music which was later purchased
by Microsoft and became part of the "Direct Music" project. I could find the
exact numbers if I had to.
- Stephen
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