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Blurred Lines is a 100X better song... This is a travesty.

I’m no lawyer. I don’t claim to know all the legal issues. But, I know music. If THIS is an infringement? Get ready for a WHOLE BUNCH MORE lawsuits..

I simply cannot believe this..


24 posted on 03/10/2015 8:28:14 PM PDT by SomeCallMeTim ( The best minds are not in government. If any were, business would hire them!)
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To: SomeCallMeTim

It may indeed be 100X better. But if it fits the legal definition, than the ruling will stand.
It’s not a value judgement...it’s the stupid 6-note rule, which I find very hard to work around in my own composing. After all, there are only 12 notes in the Western Scale!

There may not have been any INTENTIONAL plagiarism at all, but the proliferation of loops, samples, beat-boxes, and canned sequences are going to make this happen more and more.

The Law is based on 20th century technology. We are now in the 21st. Maybe this “travesty”, as you call it, will stimulate change.


30 posted on 03/10/2015 8:36:44 PM PDT by left that other site (You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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