Yep, completely agree with all that. But anyone can play a C#, but not everyone could compose Bohemian Rhapsody. That takes many years of dedication to create. To be honest, this hypothetical scenario...
It is fascinating, you'll enjoy the book, it covers this and many more cases.
You could let everyone who joins a concert sign a contract that they must never whistle the song to anyone else, and if that is the condition for them to enter the room and listen, and later they spread the song, than that's an unethical violation of contract. It is however not "theft" of the music.
But as you can see, that wouldn't really make you a popular musician and probably go against the reason you're creating art in the first place.
What's important here is that contracts only bind the signatories, so if someone walks by outside on the street and catches the tune, he has no obligation to be quiet about it.
You could let everyone who joins a concert sign a contract that they must never whistle the song to anyone else, and if that is the condition for them to enter the room and listen, and later they spread the song, than that's an unethical violation of contract. It is however not "theft" of the music.
But as you can see, that wouldn't really make you a popular musician and probably go against the reason you're creating art in the first place.
What's important here is that contracts only bind the signatories, so if someone walks by outside on the street and catches the tune, he has no obligation to be quiet about it.
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