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re: You Took a Whole Lot of Words Right Out of My Mouth (NJC)

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EvilNickname 06:51 am UTC 04/17/13
In reply to: re: You Took a Whole Lot of Words Right Out of My Mouth (NJC) - steven_stuart 02:54 am UTC 04/17/13

Article at the link below.

> > 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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