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I am very disappointed with this ruling on many levels. AA Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 12, 2015, at 11:47 AM, "Randy A. Riddle" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > 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". > > rand > > 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 >>