Music copyright is still a mess after 500 years. Can we finally change things before AI takes over? 

In 1498, less than 50 years after Johannes Gutenberg revealed the printing press, a savvy entrepreneur named Ottaviano Petrucci received a patent from the Venetian Senate for publishing musical notation with one of these new-fangled machines, giving him a monopoly on sheet music. He controlled the copyright and publishing of all music.

Source: Music copyright is still a mess after 500 years. Can we finally change things before AI takes over? – National | Globalnews.ca

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