| re: You Took a Whole Lot of Words Right Out of My Mouth (NJC) | |
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bellminer 12:23 am UTC 04/17/13 |
| In reply to: | re: You Took a Whole Lot of Words Right Out of My Mouth (NJC) - fnord 09:46 pm UTC 04/16/13 |
| You can't copyright a title. You also can't copyright an idea. It would have to use the same lyrics or music to be a viable case. Then again, we have a court system that ruled you can be liable for a "subconscious" infringement, so anything's possible. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Sweet_Lord#Copyright_infringement_suit > Actually... I seem to recall a lawsuit shortly after Back > Into Hell came out where another songwriter claimed Jim > plagiarized a song called, "Objects In the Rearview Mirror > Are Closer Than They Appear." I don't know where you'd > go with that, though; there's no double meaning, no > wistful rememberance of childhood past, no twist on the > cliche. Unless he was singing about a car accident. | |
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