“In May 22, 2003, I wrote, “What drew me to the Net years ago was online music - and MIDI was about all there was, back then. But still very, very cool, even on some of the wierd software that was around. And now what I’d like to do is host a limited number of readers’ mp3’s here on p2pnet.net.”

I posted some of my own (now ancient) stuff a long time later, but I didn’t have the time to follow through, although I plan to in the forthcoming p2pnet upgrade.

Anyhow, MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface) has been online forever and these days, “virtually anyone can take a midi file and using a program such as Garage Band or Reason create a near studio quality rendition of their favorite song,” says -1-Lone_Eagle on slashdot.

“This opens up an interesting discussion, is a remixed midi file an original creation? Or is it simply a copied work with the rights belonging to the original author? Is it Piracy? What do the you think?”

So what do you think?”
Via p2pnet.net