-MIKE- wrote:

Then you have cases in which a good, persuasive trial attorney
performed in court well enough to convince the musically illiterate
that one musical artist "stole" another artist's song. In the
latter, most musicians would shake their heads and say, "There are
only 12 notes on a piano and only so many ways to arrange them, so if
you dissect a song enough you'll soon come to the conclusion that
there hasn't been an original song written in 500 years."


As evidenced by the conclusion (not a trial decision), that the Beatles
ripped off Bethovan. The very same point was raised in the "discussions"
that surrounded that whole thing.

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-Mike-