[ekianjo]

> musicians' performances

It's kind of nonsensical that performances based on a public domain piece of art can be copyrighted. That would be the similar to making the Linux kernel proprietary again just because you change the way the code is formatted.

Also, let's not even pretend it's impossible to imitate someone's way of playing while still doing your own interpretation. How would algos know?!?

[LocalH]

Agree. Recordings of compositions in the public domain should never be eligible for copyright protection at all.