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Coldplay sued by Joe Satriani
Soidanae:
Note: By my understanding, chord progressions can't be copyrighted. Recordings, melodies, and lyrics can be.
Which means Satriani has a case on the first three notes.
And that's it.
MrBlu:
I don't care, I never liked Coldplay, but that mashup sounds amazing. My new ringtone.
Alex C:
--- Quote from: Inlander on 08 Dec 2008, 05:19 ---Inlander's post about subconscious plagiarism.
--- End quote ---
Yep, it's not uncommon at all; I've read all sorts of interviews with various artists and plenty have said that it's easy to repeat yourself or nick an idea off of someone else in the writing process. Usually it's not an entire hook or anything, but when you're trying to bridge together an entire composition you sometimes find yourself grasping for straws. Unfortunately for Coldplay, you can still be found liable for subconscious plagiarism. It happened to George Harrison when a judge found My Sweet Lord to have the same melody as the Chiffon's He's So Fine. Whether it's intentional or not doesn't really matter all that much in the long run.
Whether Satriani is right is something I don't want to bother investigating. It's possible though; he's a huge music nerd who's been around for a while and has influenced plenty of guitarists (for better or worse), so I wouldn't be too surprised if he understood what is likely to be considered plagiarism by now. It's not like he doesn't know the difference between a melody and a chord progression, after all. Then again, he could just have shitty legal counsel that just cares about getting paid for their time, so who knows?
eddie:
I don't care who wins as long as the court case bankrupts Coldplay.
Ptommydski:
I for one will be calling for the death penalty.
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