Via NPR, All Things Considered: Did Coldplay Plagiarize Guitarist Joe Satriani?:
"When [Guitarist Joe] Satriani tried to contact Coldplay and didn't hear back after several months, he filed a copyright-infringement lawsuit against the band last week...
This certainly isn't the first time two songs have sounded the same. The Chiffons waged a lengthy legal battle against The Beatles' George Harrison over the similarities between "My Sweet Lord" and The Chiffons' "He's So Fine." Harrison eventually admitted to "subconsciously copying" the song and paid the band royalties."
Read NPR story: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=97973449
Listen to NPR story: http://www.npr.org/templates/player/mediaPlayer.html?action=1&t=1&islist=false&id=97973449&m=97973425
Issues and developments related to Intellectual Property (e.g. Copyright, Fair Use, Patents, Trademarks, Trade Secrets) and Open Movements (e.g. Open Access, Open Data, Open Educational Resources (OER)), examined in the "Intellectual Property and Open Movements" and "Ethics of Data, Information, and Emerging Technologies" graduate courses I teach at the University of Pittsburgh School of Computing and Information. -- Kip Currier, PhD, JD
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Monday, December 8, 2008
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