Hi,

I've heard that you can't copyright a title -- period.  So this tale, as described, is a bit confusing.

Marty

---- audities@smoe.org wrote:
>
> Whilst on a Father's Day shopping mission, I picked up a little something 
> for myself, namely the 2004 release The Essential Jacksons, which covers the 
> Jackson 5 after they moved to Epic Records.  One of the tracks on here is 
> "This Place Hotel".  It was originally titled "Heartbreak Hotel", but the 
> band was sued by the writers of the Elvis Presley hit.  So the title changed 
> -- but the song didn't -- Michael's still singing about Heartbreak Hotel.  
> I'm perplexed.  First, how can a title be copyrighted, or at least one that 
> isn't that original (not like the song was called "Sun Zoom Spark", for 
> example).  Second, what legal value is there in just changing the title -- I 
> suppose that there was some consumer confusion claim involved, but even that 
> seems weak, IMO.
> 
> Just wonderin'
> 
> Mike Bennett
> 
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