Waikiki_Kush

What if you created a character in a story and that story was kept for sale, say as a book (/graphic novel, etc.) on a website but no one bought it for say 10 years (maybe it wasn't advertised well, or at all). Would that still count as actively being used? I think IP law is designed to incentivise creation and use-in-commerce/ economic growth, so how strict are abandonment issues with a scenario like this?

How much do you have to change music so that it's different enough to have it's own copywright? Is there a guide for this process?

For logo's (graphic design) the difference is 35%, what you are talking about is litigation over that 35% difference.

What I am asking about is the formal specific amount of difference one song or tune must deviate from another song to be considered original work.

I'm asking for a link to a description from the governmental office that dictates this industry's intellectual property regulations, the United States Copywright Office.

We all know litigation is inevitable if it is not completely different, and has some similarity, the verbage the governing body uses to determine if a work is different enough is what am interested in.

Haha, thanks, I could do the research but I've found it is kind of difficult to find the actual law and the process of how to create different independent works of music. Maybe I could check for a good YouTube video on the subject. Happy Halloween weekend.