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Re: kandelikas--and "losing the composer"
- From: r l reid <ro...>
- Subject: Re: kandelikas--and "losing the composer"
- Date: Fri 08 Nov 2002 17.31 (GMT)
Joel Bresler wrote:
> 1) You're right that a song title can't be copyrighted. But if a
> performer/songwriter gives a new song the same name as another well known
> song, and some of their lyrics or melody are the same as the lyrics or
> melody of the original, that would point to it being based on, if not the
> same song as, the original. Looking at another holiday standard penned by
> another Jewish author, I have to imagine that if I did a song called "White
> Christmas" beginning with the lyrics, "I'm dreaming of a White Christmas",
> I'd be hearing from the Irving Berlin Music Co.
OK - so who do I send the royalties for "Rikud", "Nign", and "Waltz"?
The Modzizter shtebl? Ger? Seret Visnitz? Dudu Fischer? MBD?
roger, just making trouble
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