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Chord progressions aren’t copyright-able. So no, that obvious thing isn’t. What is subject to copyright is the melody. That’s what they got the claim on. The v

• golemotron 9y ago
  And it's the same melody. It really is. Open and shut case.
  • jimnotgym 9y ago
    An open and shut case for the Hollies. How do Radiohead feature? If I copy a song, then lose an infringement suit to the original composer, can I really claim a subsequent infringement?
    • ebbv 9y ago
      Radiohead only gave up a tiny percentage of their rights on "Creep", so yeah they can still make claims on it.
• jimnotgym 9y ago
  Which as the article states is astonishingly similar to the Hollies song. Pick up a guitar and strum that progression in the rather obvious way that it appears on either record (like someone who is rather less than a virtuoso). Now add some words so the syllables fit with the strumming pattern...If you are not now singing that dreary melody you are a true musical genius.
• shmageggy 9y ago
  It probably didn't help that the drum groove is identical as well.