To: nickcarraway
They do sound enough alike that the odds are about as big as winning the lottery that it’s just a coincidence.
2 posted on
04/12/2016 1:58:01 AM PDT by
Jonty30
(What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
To: nickcarraway
I can see where “My Sweet Lord” was taken from “He's So Fine” and “Ghostbusters” from “I Need A New Drug” but Taurus and Stairway are dissimilar.
3 posted on
04/12/2016 2:01:18 AM PDT by
Happy Rain
(CRUZ 2016 "Closest thing we have to Reagan." Rush Limbaugh)
To: nickcarraway
The opening 5 or 6 seconds are very similar, but that’s about it.
4 posted on
04/12/2016 2:03:16 AM PDT by
Telepathic Intruder
(The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
To: nickcarraway
They stole several songs. They’ll never have to pay back as much as they made so it’s actually a profitable decision.
6 posted on
04/12/2016 2:05:03 AM PDT by
ArcadeQuarters
("Immigration Reform" is ballot stuffing)
To: nickcarraway
Taurus is a very pretty instrumental song.
Spirit used to open for Led Zeppelin, and it’s been no secret that LZ used Taurus. Randy California let it slide, but he’s been dead for many years, so I’d say this is one of his relatives trying to get money for something that was forgiven or tolerated a long time ago.
7 posted on
04/12/2016 2:16:38 AM PDT by
Moonman62
(Make America Great Again!)
To: nickcarraway
If Randy Wolfe didn’t think it was infringement in his life time and seek damages then I don’t see and issue.
I see this as Michael Skidmore trying to make a few million dollars for his client and pad his billable hours.
8 posted on
04/12/2016 2:18:40 AM PDT by
Pontiac
(The welfare state must fail because it is contrary to human nature and diminishes the human spirit.)
To: nickcarraway
Every damn artists “steals” something from another artist. It’s a well known fact. You can’t copyright every single note combination. On second thought don’t mention that to any attorneys...
To: nickcarraway
I know on Genesis’ album “Wind and Wuthering”, there is a track called “Wot Gorilla” that some think was at least partly stolen from Weather Report’s “Nubian Sundance”.
12 posted on
04/12/2016 2:54:34 AM PDT by
OttawaFreeper
("You'd see a different game if nobody wore a helmet". NY Rangers' Barry Beck 1983)
To: nickcarraway
Similar chord progression, but there are a million songs that share chord progressions. Generally it has to have the same melody to be copyright infringement.
15 posted on
04/12/2016 3:25:50 AM PDT by
Hugin
(Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
To: nickcarraway
17 posted on
04/12/2016 3:52:13 AM PDT by
broken_arrow1
(I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
To: nickcarraway
Considering LZ I was almost entirely plagiarized, this is not surprising.
18 posted on
04/12/2016 4:19:25 AM PDT by
rawcatslyentist
(Genesis 1:29 And God said, Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed,)
To: nickcarraway
Waiting for the big 6-way Bro-country lawsuit...
SIX Song Country Mashup
(because, after all, they are "artists" dontchaknow...)
20 posted on
04/12/2016 4:38:32 AM PDT by
Hatteras
To: nickcarraway
American courts are corrupt.
23 posted on
04/12/2016 4:50:23 AM PDT by
stinkerpot65
(Global warming is a Marxist lie.)
To: nickcarraway
25 posted on
04/12/2016 5:07:56 AM PDT by
Yo-Yo
(Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: nickcarraway
I’m surprised Anheuser-Busch never sued them over “Fool in the Rain”.
...when you say Budweiser...when you say Budweiser...when you say Budweiser...
26 posted on
04/12/2016 5:23:58 AM PDT by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: nickcarraway
Led Zep Whole Lotta Love based on
Muddy Waters You Need Love.
Songwriter Willie Dixon sued
and won.
To: nickcarraway
This happens all the time.
The Rolling Stones wrote a song called, “The Last Time” in 1965, which was based upon the song, “This May Be the Last Time”, which was written in 1958 by the Staple Singers. Then, The Verve wrote a song in 1997 called, “Bittersweet Symphony” which a court ruled was basically a rip-off of the Stone’s song, “The Last Time”.
So yeah, these things happen.
31 posted on
04/12/2016 6:32:10 AM PDT by
Obadiah
To: nickcarraway
35 posted on
04/12/2016 7:40:09 AM PDT by
mumblypeg
(Reality is way more complicated than the internet. That's why I'm here.)
To: nickcarraway
It's hard to claim a stolen song when it only has 3 lines an 15 words.
[Chorus:]
I'm so glad
I'm so glad
I'm glad, I'm glad, I'm glad Don't know what to do
Don't know what to do
Don't know what to do
Tired of weeping
Tired of moaning
Tired of groaning for you
[Chorus]
Tired of weeping
Tired of moaning
Tired of groaning for you
[Chorus: x8]
- I'm So Glad, by Cream
-PJ
43 posted on
04/12/2016 10:54:15 AM PDT by
Political Junkie Too
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