Completely possible. When I was 13 I wrote a song fragment that I sang out loud to and from school for months. That was 1958...six years later I heard the exact phrase and the exact notes that I had written six years earlier. It could not have been anything other than random happenstance. There is no other explaination. The phrase? "Listen...do..wa..ooh...Do You Want To know A Secret...do..wa..ooh"...you probably know who the band was. And that is absolutely true. bob ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Vancha" To: Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2003 11:06 AM Subject: Re: No need to register copyrights. > > > > From: bob > > Reply-To: audities@smoe.org > > Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 04:43:10 -0400 > > To: audities@smoe.org > > Subject: Re: No need to register copyrights. > > > > There are only 5 octaves and 12 notes...amazing someone doesn't get "ripped > > off" every 15 minutes. > > You are bound to hear similar sounding songs to your own if you write enough > > and listen to enough recorded music, but like I said...the chances of > > someone ripping you off on pupose are tiny at best, the stuff of hoary > > movies and Columbo scripts... > > He's So Fine/My Sweet Lord: A rare instance of an Artist not realizing he'd > > heard the tune before...how embarrassed do you think George was about that? > > > > bob > > > Bob, > > What if Harrison wrote/discovered the song as an original another song > happened to be like that? There are only so many notes and patterns, as you > say. > > Mike V. > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Mike Vancha" > > To: > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:53 AM > > Subject: No need to register copyrights. > > > > > >> > >> > >>> From: bob > >>> Reply-To: audities@smoe.org > >>> Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2003 12:52:16 -0400 > >>> To: audities@smoe.org > >>> Subject: Re: Easiest way to copyright your music.. > >>> > >>> In forty plus years of being a published songwriter I have never known > > of or > >>> experienced another writer stealing a song. > >>> Songwriters put a lot of work into what they do...the thought of > > stealing > >>> another person's work would rarely, if ever, occur to them. > >>> How many times has that actually happened? Not many...it's usually news > > when > >>> it does, and hardly anyone suing ever wins the court case. > >>> People that worry about being "ripped off", are either not songwriters, > > or > >>> have thought of stealing someone else's work themselves...otherwise, why > >>> would they even think that someone else would do it to them? > >>> > >> > >> Hey Bob, > >> > >> where did that fallacy about the likelihood of unknown writers getting > >> ripped off come from anyway? The chances are indeed very remote, it seems, > >> and usually it's the bands/songs with the greatest popularity that are > >> ripped off/borrowed from by someone just starting up. > >> > >> > >> Mike V. > >> > >> > >>> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- > >>> From: "Lord Granger" > >>> To: > >>> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 12:36 PM > >>> Subject: Re: Easiest way to copyright your music.. > >>> > >>> > >>>> Arthur Bang wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I have a friend who wants to use > >>>>> one of my songs in a video he's > >>>>> doing and I hate for too many people > >>>>> to hear these, because someone might > >>>>> take it and record it for themselves > >>>>> and then I wouldn't get credit. > >>>> > >>>> Yes, Arthur, the world is FULL of songwriters just > >>>> waiting -- with fangs bared and claws out -- to rip > >>>> off your disjointed, fragmented, inconsequential song > >>>> ideas. Think of all the money, fame and cocaine other > >>>> artists will receive by stealing one of YOUR SONGS. It > >>>> happens all the time: in fact, I'm thinking of > >>>> stealing a Cliff Hillis song myself, just because > >>>> there's so much money to be made. ;) > >>>> > >>>> Come on, Arthur, what've you written, "Tommy"? "Split > >>>> Milk?" "Varying Degrees of Failure and Tunelessness"? > >>>> > >>>> I didn't think so. > >>>> > >>>> It's highly doubtful anyone will even ACKNOWLEDGE your > >>>> music, let alone 'take credit' for it. Don't be such a > >>>> pustule; put your music out there and let it stand on > >>>> its own -- or let it fall flat on its face. If you're > >>>> such an amazing writer, why worry about being ripped > >>>> off? You can always write another great song. > >>>> > >>>> Oh, try this: > >>>> > >>>> http://copyclear.com/copyright.shtml > >>>> > >>>> Reminds me of a story: I met a songwriter at a recent > >>>> local open-mic night up here on the Central Coast; I > >>>> struck up a conversation with the gal who said she'd > >>>> written some amazing songs. I asked where I could hear > >>>> her music, and she said, "Oh, no, I won't play my > >>>> music for ANYONE; someone will steal my ideas and take > >>>> credit for them." > >>>> > >>>> ROFLMAO. > >>>> > >>>> Songwriters: get a life ya'll. The industry -- and the > >>>> world, for that matter -- has rendered you obsolete. > >>>> Go learn code or something equally banal. > >>>> > >>>> The Lord has spoken. > >>>> > >>>> -LG- > >>>> > >>>> NP: The Golden Archies -- McRock > >>>> > >>>> __________________________________ > >>>> Do you Yahoo!? > >>>> Yahoo! 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