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| From | db65@comcast.net |
| Subject | Re: George Harrison question |
| Date | Sun, 24 Jul 2005 04:00:33 +0000 |
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My understanding of things is that Phil did not own Bright Tunes until after the lawsuit started.
During the lawsuit, Phil bought out Bright Tunes thinking he had a chance at winning the suit that others had filed.
The judge ignored the ethnic musicologists brought in who provided evidence that both My Sweet Lord and He's So Fine stole their riffs from Oh Happy Day, and claimed that Bright Tunes had provided sufficient evidence against George Harrison to win the suit. However, the judge was sufficiently upset that the producer of the offending work bought Bright Tunes (the plaintiff) and stood to win if George lost and stood to win if George won. Because of this, he awarded Bright Tunes their claim, and then ordered Bright Tunes to be turned over completely to George. Basically, this meant that George successfully sued himself.
So, until the record had been released, I doubt Phil even thought the song sounded like He's So Fine. In fact, until the suit was filed, I bet it never crossed his mind.
- Dave
> If Phil Specter co-produced All Things Must Pass, how could he later sue Mr.
> Harrison for copy infringement on My Sweet Lord?
>
> The whole dynamic seems weird. Am I missing something?
>
> Why didn't Phil just so say during the sessions, "Hey George, this sounds
> awfully close to 'He's So Fine?'"
>
> Greg
>
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