Listening to the two songs in question, it seemed to me like saying Les
Brown's "Leap Frog" infringed on the copyright of Glenn Miller's "In the
Mood".

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On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:44 AM, Chris Bishop <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I don't know if it will stand, but I think it's a terrible decision as far
> as the law is concerned.
>
> The Hollywood Reporter has a very good rundown on the points in dispute in
> the copyright of the lead sheets, some of which are absurd:
>
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/how-similar-is-blurred-lines-778635
>
> The LA Weekly summed it up well:
>
> *By all accounts, the attorneys and experts for Gaye’s estate didn’t really
> prove, by any previously agreed-upon legal definition, that “Blurred Lines”
> infringed upon the copyright of “Got to Give It Up.” All they proved,
> according to the Hollywood Reporter
> <
> http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr-esq/how-similar-is-blurred-lines-778635
> >,
> were similarities in the two songs’ “signature phrase,” “hook,”
> “keyboard-bass interplay,” “lyrics” (though this was thematic, not literal
> — in other words, the songs share no verbatim verses) and something called
> “Theme X,” which was a counter-melody sung under the main vocal. *
>
> *That might sound like a lot. Apparently the jury thought so. But
> basically, it's all just musicologist talk for the obvious fact that,
> structurally and rhythmically, the songs are quite similar. However, the
> lyrics and top-line melodies — the notes sung in a lead vocal or played on
> a lead instrument — are not the same, and those traditionally have been the
> two elements of a song protected under copyright law.*
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 11:21 AM, Tom Fine <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > http://apnews.myway.com/article/20150311/us--blurred_
> > lines-song_dispute-d6fcfcecbd.html
> >
> > I predict this verdict will stand, and once and for all so-called "pop
> > musicians" will need to stop ripping off and recycling old music and old
> > ideas and come up with something new and original. Hey kids, it was done
> > once. It's possible to do. Marvin Gaye did it, in fact!
> >
> > -- Tom Fine
>