| re: You Took a Whole Lot of Words Right Out of My Mouth (NJC) | |
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steven_stuart 02:54 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 |
| > 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. Yes. You are right. Jim was sued by some guy who claimed that he had written the song. They settled out of court. You can't just sue over title (there are many The Power Of Loves out there) or idea (there would be lawsuits flying all over the place). This was more complicated. | |
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