Heard about this effort[1] recently to compile a subset of popular melodies. Doesn't the striking of the "sweat of the brow test"[2] make the effort kind-of pointless?
1.https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/02/whats-the-point-of-writing-every-possible-melody/607120/
2.https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feist_Publications,_Inc.,_v._Rural_Telephone_Service_Co.
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