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There was a famous case where John Fogerty (formerly of Creedence Clearwater Revivial) ended up getting sued by CCR's record label, claiming a later solo song h
by saghm 3y ago
There was a famous case where John Fogerty (formerly of Creedence Clearwater Revivial) ended up getting sued by CCR's record label, claiming a later solo song he did with a different label was too similar to a CCR song that he wrote, and they won. So legally speaking, you can even get in trouble for coming up with the same thing twice if don't own the copyright of the first one.
- rcxdude 3y agoThe copyright situation with music is kinda broken, different parts of the performance get quite different priority when it comes to copyright (many core elements of a performance get basically no protection, whereas the threshold for what counds as a protectable melody is absurdly low). Especially this means its less than worthless for some genres/traditions: for jazz and blues, especially, a huge part of the genre and culture is adapting and playing with a shared language of common riffs.