English: The first two seconds of "Doctor Ashen", a song generated with Dunc's Algomusic MkIIIb, a public domain algorithmic music generator. Most notable for being used by Stuart Ashen as the intro music for videos on his YouTube channel ashens from June 6, 2008 onwards.
The software is available for download here, along with comments from its creator affirming the public domain status of the software.
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Own recording of algorithmicly composed music generated with public domain software
Anyone with a copy of Dunc's Algomusic MkIIIb may generate this music by inputting the words "Doctor Ashen" (case-sensitive, without quotes) as the seed. As such, it is unlikely that Stuart Ashen would be considered the copyright holder of this music, as it was not directly created by him but rather generated by a public domain computer program with minimal user intervention.
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Software used to generate the composition:
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This work has been released into the public domain by its author, Duncan Timiney. This applies worldwide. In some countries this may not be legally possible; if so: Duncan Timiney grants anyone the right to use this work for any purpose, without any conditions, unless such conditions are required by law.
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The composition itself:
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This file is in the public domain because it is the work of a computer algorithm or artificial intelligence and does not contain sufficient human authorship to support a copyright claim.
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