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English: The Intel Spiral (a.k.a. "Intel Bong"), Intel Corporation's sonic logo, created by Los Angeles composer Walter Werzowa in 1994.
The sound recording of the Intel Spiral has been granted copyright protection as a sound recording in the United States (SR0000787475). However, the U.S. Copyright Office refused registration for the underlying five-note melody, as explained in this letter. |
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Own work based on Intel Spiral sheet music, available on this page. Created in LilyPond and manually cropped to show only the score content. LilyPond source
\header {
title = "Intel Spiral"
composer = "Walter Werzowa"
tagline = ##f
}
\pointAndClickOff
\score {
\new Staff <<
\key des \major
\time 4/4
\relative c'' {
des1\fermata
} \\
\relative c' {
des1
\bar "|"
des4 ges4 des4 aes'4~
\bar "|"
aes1
}
>>
\layout {}
\midi {}
}
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The represented musical work is in the public domain under U.S. law. In jurisdictions where this file (including the sheet music arrangement and/or the SVG code) is eligible for independent copyright protection, I hereby release it under the following license: I, the copyright holder of this work, hereby publish it under the following license:   This file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
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Licensing
In 2017, the United States Copyright Office registered a copyright claim to the 1994 sound recording of the "Intel Spiral", as it "contained a perceptible and sufficient amount of creative production authorship." However, registration was refused for the underlying musical composition, a perfect octave followed by a four-note arpeggio, as it was below the threshold of originality.[1]
- ↑ Weston, Chris (January 23, 2017). Re: Second Request for Reconsideration for Refusal to Register Intel Spiral. United States Copyright Office. Retrieved on May 20, 2025.
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| current | 18:59, 19 May 2025 | | 275 × 58 (12 KB) | Qzekrom | Uploaded a work by Walter Werzowa from Own work based on [https://timeline.intel.com/1995/the-intel-bong "Intel Spiral"] with UploadWizard |
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