Question

• how does your improvisation fit with the copyright laws you learned about? how might a jazz musician protect their improvisations as intellectual property?

Answer 1

Answer: Improvisation it´s a sudden change, but not plagiarism.

Explanation: You can´t protect your improvisation, but the original producer or the possessor of the copyrights may proceed legally against you. Most of the cases get disolved, but it depends on the fact that how far or near is your improvisation to plagiarism.

Answer 2

You can't protect improvisation because it cannot be reproduced exactly as was first played. But if you take a melody, then that can be played over and over again with no variation. This falls in the category of Standard music. You can copy a lick from someone else but this isn't a violation since you will not reproduce it exactly.