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| From | "josh chasin" <jchasin@nyc.rr.com> |
| Subject | Re: No need to register copyrights. |
| Date | Tue, 9 Sep 2003 14:01:41 -0400 |
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Actually-- kidding aside-- I think Fogerty won the case; he brought a guitar
to court the day of his testimony in order to demonstrate that the songs he
penned for CCR owed as much to say Little Richard as "Old Man" owed to
"Green River."
I believe his CCR catalogue was owned by Saul Zaentz and Fantasy Records--
Saul being the subject of the song on Centerfield "Zantz Can't Dance" ("but
he'll steal your money/ watch him or he'll rob you blind.") That was the
most ludicrous copyright suit.
He had been steadfastly refusing to play CCR songs in concert-- to the
consternation of attendees-- until (the legend goes) Dylan and he appeared
together at a benefit or something and Dylan wanted to play "Proud Mary."
"You should play those songs" Dylan said to him. "They're good songs."
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ryan Williams" <ryan@headphonetreats.com>
To: <audities@smoe.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: No need to register copyrights.
> > Thee are a ton of these. Didn't John Fogerty totally rip off Creedence
> > Clearwater Revival on "The Old Man Down the Road"?
>
> Yes! And he lost the case for ripping off his own song!!! That was the
> most ridiculous one I've ever come across. But, he had signed away all
> his rights to the songs (to his brother I believe right?). It just goes
> to show that you need to be careful when signing those contracts.
>
> Ryan
>
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