Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Cactus Data Shield copy controlled cd's
From: Daniel James (daniel_AT_mondodesigno.com)
Date: Wed Jul 09 2003 - 11:52:02 EEST
> > What I meant was that if you ask a musician directly, they are
> > often modest and ready to acknowledge influences, where as the
> > marketing people come up with all that 'best band in the world'
> > or 'greatest singer of all time' stuff.
>
> Yes, that's usually the case, with notable braggart exceptions...
> <cough>Oasis</cough>
I actually heard one of the Gallagher brothers claim that the opening
to 'Cigarettes and Alcohol' was not a direct lift from Get it On by T
Rex (released as Bang a Gong in the US for some bizzare censorship
reason). He claimed it was a standard blues riff - yeh, right.
With four of the five members of T Rex now dead, I guess their estates
didn't have the money to mount a legal challenge. I suppose that's
what intellectual property is all about - if you can afford a team of
lawyers, then you've got those rights.
Cheers
Daniel
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